The phrase "a perp for" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in a legal or criminal context to refer to a perpetrator of a crime or wrongdoing, often in relation to a specific offense.
Example: "The detective was searching for a perp for the recent string of burglaries in the neighborhood."
Alternatives: "a suspect in" or "a criminal responsible for".
"A Perp Walk for Martha Stewart Is Topic for Debate by Feds: Civil Libertarians Rein In Parades" was the headline in The New York Sun, a feisty new daily.
While it is not likely that we will see a perp walk for any of its executives, a negligence action that adds to the pool of money available for the commodity customers would at least be a small step forward.
Why weren't any of the main characters on Wall Street made to perform a perp walk for the decisions they made that helped lead to the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression?
To maximize the deterrent effect, Ms. Senn and her fellow officers cuff offenders' hands behind their backs for a perp walk in front of their friends.
Has a perp walk opened a lane for other countries to sashay ahead?
Albert A. Seedman, who later became the city's chief of detectives, was reprimanded for staging a perp walk after photographers missed the original one and, worse still, propping up the accused murderer's chin to capture him full-face.
This lede telegraphed the dope on a perp set to stand trial for cat murder: Before he pulled the trigger, before the car chase, before the cops ran him down and threw him in jail, Jim Stevenson had a calm look at the Texas penal code, and judged that it would permit radical measures in defense of a piping plover.
The staining is specific for Perp because it can be blocked with a Perp peptide and is absent in Perp-/ mammary gland.
"They told me that a perp can knock your hearing aids out," said Mr. Phillips, using police slang for a criminal.
Janet Tavakoli: Give him a perp walk, exactly.
