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perpetrators
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a person who commits a crime or wrongdoing
- Witnesses saw the perpetrator fleeing the scene of the assault with a weapon in hand.
- Investigators worked to compile evidence linking the suspect to the crime and proving they were the perpetrator.
- Police are still searching for the perpetrator or perpetrators of the armed robbery.
- The police arrested the perpetrator of the robbery.
- Investigators worked to identify the perpetrator behind the fraud.