perpetrator
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin perpetrātor.[1] By surface analysis, perpetrate + -or.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editperpetrator (plural perpetrators)
- One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
- perpetrator of violence
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editone who perpetrates
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References
edit- ^ “perpetrator, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editperpetrātor
References
edit- “perpetrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perpetrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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