PERPETRATOR Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word perpetrator. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PERPETRATOR
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culprit | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who perpetrates wrongdoing | ||||||||
agitator | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who agitates; a political troublemaker | ||||||||
assailant | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who attacks | ||||||||
criminal | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime adjective satellite • bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure • guilty of crime or serious offense • involving or being or having the nature of a crime | ||||||||
delinquent | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a young offender adjective satellite • guilty of a misdeed • failing in what duty requires • past due; not paid at the scheduled time | ||||||||
evildoer | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who sins (without repenting) | ||||||||
lawbreaker | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who violates the law | ||||||||
malefactor | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | ||||||||
miscreant | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person without moral scruples | ||||||||
offender | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who transgresses moral or civil law | ||||||||
ruffian | nounn | |||||||
noun • a cruel and brutal fellow | ||||||||
villain | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately • the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction | ||||||||
wrongdoer | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who transgresses moral or civil law | ||||||||
collar | nounn | |||||||
noun • a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over • (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal • anything worn or placed about the neck • a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part • the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot • a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it • necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck • a figurative restraint • the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) verb • take into custody • seize by the neck or collar • furnish with a collar | ||||||||
prisoner | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war | ||||||||
arrestee | nounn | |||||||
noun • A person who is under arrest. | ||||||||
perp | nounn | |||||||
noun • (law enforcement) Perpetrator. adjective • At or forming a right angle (to something). • Exactly upright; extending in a straight line toward the centre of the earth, etc. • Independent of or irrelevant to each other; orthogonal. |