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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a perp" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in informal contexts to refer to a perpetrator, especially in legal or criminal discussions.
Example: "The police arrested a perp who was involved in the robbery last night."
Alternatives: "a suspect" or "an offender".
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Was Te'o a victim or a perp?
"Is there a perp?" Wes shook his head.
Has a perp walk opened a lane for other countries to sashay ahead?
Officer Schoolcraft was not, however, a perp — as the police call someone charged with a crime.
A perp walk is a type of punishment and should not be permitted.
Real life is not like 'N.Y.P.D. Blue,' where you slap around a perp until he confesses".
He was whisked out of the hotel in a Russian version of a "perp walk".
"I didn't want a perp walk," said Alice Martin, the United States attorney in Birmingham.
New York cops call a suspect a perp, in New Jersey he's an actor, and in Philadelphia he's a doer.
"They looked at me as if the first thing they thought was that I was a perp," he said.
"I heard on the walkie-talkie there's a perp around the corner with a gun and a knife," he said.
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