The perpetrator could almost completely remove all traces.
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Perpetrator
//ˈpɜː(ɹ).pɪˌtɹeɪt.ə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "perpetrator" (27 found)
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10 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αὐθέντης noun (one who perpetrates)
Belarusian
4 entries- віноўнік noun (one who perpetrates)
- віноўніца noun (one who perpetrates)
- парушальнік noun (one who perpetrates)
- парушальніца noun (one who perpetrates)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вино́вник noun (one who perpetrates)
- извърши́тел noun (one who perpetrates)
Catalan
1 entries- perpetrador noun (one who perpetrates)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 作案者 noun (one who perpetrates)
- 實施犯罪的人 /实施犯罪的人 noun (one who perpetrates)
- 實施者 /实施者 noun (one who perpetrates)
- 犯罪者 noun (one who perpetrates)
Czech
1 entries- pachatel noun (one who perpetrates)
Danish
1 entries- gerningsmand noun (one who perpetrates)
Dutch
2 entries- bedrijver noun (one who perpetrates)
- dader noun (one who perpetrates)
Finnish
2 entries- syyllinen noun (one who perpetrates)
- tekijä noun (one who perpetrates)
French
1 entries- coupable noun (one who perpetrates)
Georgian
1 entries- დამნაშავე noun (one who perpetrates)
German
4 entries- Schuldige noun (one who perpetrates)
- Schuldiger noun (one who perpetrates)
- Täter noun (one who perpetrates)
- Täterin noun (one who perpetrates)
Greek
2 entries- αυτουργός noun (one who perpetrates)
- δράστης noun (one who perpetrates)
Hungarian
2 entries- bűnelkövető noun (one who perpetrates)
- elkövető noun (one who perpetrates)
Indonesian
1 entries- pelaku noun (one who perpetrates)
Japanese
1 entries- 加害者 noun (one who perpetrates)
Korean
1 entries- 가해자 noun (one who perpetrates)
Latin
1 entries- patrātor noun (one who perpetrates)
Macedonian
1 entries- сторител noun (one who perpetrates)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gjerningsmann noun (one who perpetrates)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gjerningsmann noun (one who perpetrates)
Polish
4 entries- sprawca noun (one who perpetrates)
- sprawczyni noun (one who perpetrates)
- winowajca noun (one who perpetrates)
- winowajczyni noun (one who perpetrates)
Portuguese
1 entries- perpetrador noun (one who perpetrates)
Romanian
4 entries- făptaș noun (one who perpetrates)
- făptuitor noun (one who perpetrates)
- vinovata noun (one who perpetrates)
- vinovatul noun (one who perpetrates)
Russian
4 entries- вино́вник noun (one who perpetrates)
- вино́вница noun (one who perpetrates)
- наруши́тель noun (one who perpetrates)
- наруши́тельница noun (one who perpetrates)
Spanish
1 entries- perpetrador noun (one who perpetrates)
Swedish
1 entries- gärningsman noun (one who perpetrates)
Turkish
4 entries- fail noun (one who perpetrates)
- mücrim noun (one who perpetrates)
- sanık noun (one who perpetrates)
- suç işleyen kimse noun (one who perpetrates)
Ukrainian
4 entries- винува́тець noun (one who perpetrates)
- винува́тиця noun (one who perpetrates)
- зловми́сник noun (one who perpetrates)
- зловми́сниця noun (one who perpetrates)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The perpetrator was Canadian.
Source: tatoeba (3459841)
Someone who sees something wrong being done and does nothing about it, is as culpable as the perpetrator of the act.
Source: tatoeba (3693613)
The perpetrator was obviously insane.
Source: tatoeba (5725525)
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