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Recent Examples of perpetrator
In the aftermath of the killing, many Republicans and conservative commentators called for a sweeping crackdown on leftwing groups—assuming that the perpetrator would likely be someone from the opposite side of the political spectrum as Kirk.
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Richard Hall, Time, 14 Sep. 2025
The perpetrator, the reports are, was radicalized by pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic propaganda online.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
Arguably the most remarkable aspect of the aftermath of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination is how irrelevant its actual perpetrator was to the immediate discourse.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
The perpetrator remains at large as of Thursday afternoon, and the FBI has since released photos of a person of interest, which show a man wearing dark clothing, including a t-shirt bearing an American flag, a hat and sunglasses.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The search for the perpetrator is still ongoing.
—Kate Plummer
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Although Jill worked closely with local authorities and the high school, all the parties struggled to find the perpetrator because the texts were coming from random numbers that were generated by an app.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Based on the employees’ description of the suspect and the business proximity to Cook’s apartment, officers suspected Cook was the perpetrator.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
The alleged perpetrator, whose name was withheld from the lawsuit, was put on probation with the university and moved to a different dorm than the woman, according to the lawsuit.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Richard Hall, Time, 14 Sep. 2025
The perpetrator, the reports are, was radicalized by pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic propaganda online.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
Arguably the most remarkable aspect of the aftermath of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination is how irrelevant its actual perpetrator was to the immediate discourse.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
The perpetrator remains at large as of Thursday afternoon, and the FBI has since released photos of a person of interest, which show a man wearing dark clothing, including a t-shirt bearing an American flag, a hat and sunglasses.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The search for the perpetrator is still ongoing.
—Kate Plummer
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Although Jill worked closely with local authorities and the high school, all the parties struggled to find the perpetrator because the texts were coming from random numbers that were generated by an app.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Based on the employees’ description of the suspect and the business proximity to Cook’s apartment, officers suspected Cook was the perpetrator.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
The alleged perpetrator, whose name was withheld from the lawsuit, was put on probation with the university and moved to a different dorm than the woman, according to the lawsuit.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrator
Noun
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Just this morning, DHS took violent offenders off the streets with arrests for assault, DUI, and felony stalking.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Instead of a sense of outrage leading to a search for a better solution for repeat violent offenders, her death generated calls for collective retribution and vigilante justice.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Olivia Benson will hug a victim and knock out a perp all before lunch.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
People.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican running in the 2026 race for governor, said the ban showed Newsom and Democratic lawmakers care more about the safety of criminals than officers.—
Gerardo Zavala,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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Now, Morgan faces her own enemies, including one criminal who starts to target her three children, crossing even her unconventional boundaries.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That assassin went on to seriously wound a colleague of Hortman and her husband and had a hit list of forty-four Democrats.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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Disney, the parent company of ABC, removed the late-night comedian from its airwaves after a conservative outcry over Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassin culminated in public pressure from FCC Chair Brendan Carr.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The new leader of this conservative group Turning Point USA, the conservative youth activist organization founded by Charlie Kirk, announced Thursday that his widow, Erika Kirk, will be the new CEO after the co-founder was killed last week by a gunman in Utah.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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In June, Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were murdered in their home by a gunman with a hit list of 45 officials.—
Margie Warrell,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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He is also charged with being a felon in possession of a gun.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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He has now been indicted on a charge of possessing a gun as a felon.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In The Three Amigos, a trio of American actors who have played heroic gunslingers in a series of popular silent films, are accidentally hired by the villagers of Santa Poco to protect them from the villainous bandit leader, El Guapo, who kidnaps a beautiful villager to be his unwilling bride.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Over $200 Off NFL Sunday Ticket NFL fans can make out like bandits with the DraftKings Sportsbook welcome offer.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some malefactors even hire out farms of humans to defeat them in bulk. CAPTCHAs also have unexpected benefits for those who run them.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
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Its victims, malefactors, and investigators are largely without personality, their function being merely to leave or follow trails, and to wear out a reader with anticlimax after anticlimax.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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“Perpetrator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrator. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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