Synonyms for perpetrators
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pur-pi-trey-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr pɪˌtreɪ tər |
Top 10 synonyms for perpetrators Other synonyms for the word perpetrators
- butcher
- cutthroat
- enforcer
- felon
- gangster
- hit person
- hit-and-run
- homicide
- killer
- lawbreaker
- malefactor
- malevolent
- manslaughterer
- manslayer
- massacrer
- murderess
- offender
- outlaw
- public enemy number one
- racketeer
- scofflaw
- sinner
- slaughterer
- slayer
- transgressor
- trigger person
- triggerman
- universal foe
- villain
Définition of perpetrators
Origin :- literally "the one who did it" (in English usually an evil act), 1560s, from Late Latin perpetrator, agent noun of perpetrare "to perform, to accomplish" (see perpetrate). Fem. forms are perpetratress (1811, of Nero's poisoner Locusta); perpetratrix (1862, in reference to Charlotte Corday).
- As in murderer : noun person who kills
- As in public enemy : noun common enemy
- As in wrongdoer : noun lawbreaker
- As in manslayer : noun murderer
- As in massacrer : noun murderer
- As in murderess : noun murderer
- As in slaughterer : noun murderer
- As in slayer : noun murderer
- As in triggerman : noun murderer
- A small catalogue of evils, even if the perpetrators of them are few in number.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- If a trick had been played them the perpetrators should not gloat over their discomfiture.
- Extract from : « The Carroll Girls » by Mabel Quiller-Couch
- The perpetrators should be known and exposed to public odium.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various
- In Rome there was endless gossip about the crime and its perpetrators.
- Extract from : « Lucretia Borgia » by Ferdinand Gregorovius
- In the darkness, no one appeared to perceive it, except they were its perpetrators.
- Extract from : « The Ocean Waifs » by Mayne Reid
- He is determined to find out and punish the perpetrators of that foul deed.
- Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid
- But not yet had justice overtaken all the perpetrators of this villainy.
- Extract from : « It Might Have Been » by Emily Sarah Holt
- But the perpetrators of this act of justice, outside of law, kept their own counsel.
- Extract from : « Buckskin Mose » by Buckskin Mose
- I shall demand severe punishment for the perpetrators of it!
- Extract from : « For the Honor of Randall » by Lester Chadwick
- For this p. 221outrage six of the perpetrators were hanged in the Market Place.
- Extract from : « A Comprehensive History of Norwich » by A. D. Bayne
Antonyms for perpetrators
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