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perpetrator

noun as in murderer

noun as in wrongdoer

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In the case of the foreign scholars’ stolen identities, the victims may never find out, providing even more protection for the Southern California perpetrators.

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Almost none of the perpetrators have been held to account by the Israeli authorities.

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Included in its list of perpetrators are Islamist militant groups like Boko Haram but also Fulani herders.

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"Some conversations are from perpetrators, men asking Zuzi to teach them how to get help with their anger issues, which they often direct at their partners," Leonora explains.

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At least one other perpetrator remains at large, French officials say.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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