perpetrator
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:33 pm
or perp as the cops call m, er them.per·pe·trate (pûrp-trt)
tr.v. per·pe·trat·ed, per·pe·trat·ing, per·pe·trates
To be responsible for; commit: perpetrate a crime; perpetrate a practical joke.
[Latin perpetrre, perpetrt-, to accomplish : per-, per- + patrre, to bring about (from pater, father; see pter- in Indo-European roots).]
perpe·tration n.
perpe·trator n.
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