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perpetrator

Noun

Meaning

One who perpetrates; esp., one who commits an offense or crime.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to remain silent. Darrell Hammond

By the same principle, the government may not give special leniency to the perpetrator of a crime, on the grounds of the nature of his ideas. Ayn Rand

Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of tawhid and reaping the fruits of righteous actions. Ibn Taymiyyah

When we hear men are the greater victims of crime, we tend to say, ‘Well, it's men hurting other men.' When we hear that blacks are the greater victims, we consider it racist to say, ‘Well, it's blacks hurting blacks.' The victim is a victim no matter who the perpetrator was. Warren Farrell

Forgiving is a gift to the forgiver as well as to the perpetrator. Desmond Tutu

...By Allah, we will take revenge! By Allah, we will take revenge! Even if it takes a while, we will take revenge, and every amount of harm against the Ummah will be responded to with multitudes more against the perpetrator... Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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