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1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 38% | 13 | Fiction, non-fiction, mystery, romance, and science fiction are all examples of this. | |
3 | 28% | 8 | Surname of a famous sleuth in detective fiction | |
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We think the answer is "PERPS" which means:
- noun
- • (law enforcement) perpetrator.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The detectives arrested two perps for the robbery."
- • "The perps fled the scene before the police arrived."
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New York Times20 Dec 2003 | Across 53 | |
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