perpetrator
pronunciation
How to pronounce perpetrator in British English:
UK [ˈpɜ:pətreɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce perpetrator in American English:
US [ˈpɜrpətreɪtə(r)]
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- Noun:
- someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
Word Origin
- perpetrator (n.)
- literally "the one who did it" (in English usually an evil act), 1560s, from Late Latin perpetrator, agent noun of perpetrare "to perform, to accomplish" (see perpetrate). Fem. forms are perpetratress (1811, of Nero's poisoner Locusta); perpetratrix (1862, in reference to Charlotte Corday).
Example
- 1. She made a special point of talking about the section on confrontation with the perpetrator .
- 2. What 's more insightful for investigators are the commonalities that can help them outline their perpetrator .
- 3. When a government locks someone up without a fair trial , the victim , perpetrator and remedy are pretty clear .
- 4. But when arriving at other attack locations like schools , the police should try to put more immediate pressure on the perpetrator .
- 5. The point is that reference to the perpetrator 's state of mind is implicit in , and inferred from , the external circumstances of the act .