perp
Cop's informal target
Perp is cop slang for perpetrator—the person who committed a crime.
Police and crime reporters use it routinely: The perp fled on foot.
A perp walk is the deliberate public display of a suspect being led in handcuffs, often for media cameras.
Serious crime perpetrator
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- convictJailed offender after trial
- culpritPerson found guilty
- wrongdoerPerson who misbehaves
lawbreaker · suspect · accused · defendant · assailant · attacker · thief · burglar
Believe to be likely
- person of interestIndividual warranting investigation
- prime suspectMost probable perpetrator
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- profileSide-facing outline
motive · opportunity · means · evidence · forensics · interrogation · questioning · lineup
Charged with wrongdoing
- defendantParty facing charges
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- defenseProtection against harm
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
indictment · plea · guilty · conviction · acquittal · sentence · verdict · testimony
felon
Serious crime perpetrator
wrongdoer · lawbreaker · suspect · accused · defendant · assailant · attacker · thief · burglar · robber
suspect
Believe to be likely
- person of interestIndividual warranting investigation
- prime suspectMost probable perpetrator
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profile · motive · opportunity · means · evidence · forensics · interrogation · questioning · lineup · identification
accused
Charged with wrongdoing
- defendantParty facing charges
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- defenseProtection against harm
charges · indictment · plea · guilty · conviction · acquittal · sentence · verdict · testimony · cross-examination
apprehension
Nervous anticipation of trouble
custody · detention · booking · charges · arraignment · bail · squad car · patrol car · transport · holding cell
hood
Attached head covering
gangster · lowlife · scumbag · dirtbag · creep · sicko · baddie · villain · outlaw · jailbird
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- police slangcollar, bust, APB, BOLO, 10-4
- underworld slangsnitch, rat out, hitman, capo, consigliere
- FBIFBI, agent, special agent, bureau, FBI Academy
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
perpcop
Law enforcement slang
innocent · innocent man · police officer · detective · law enforcement
- perp walkPost-arrest media spectacle
- single perpetratorOne person responsible
perpetrate, perpetrator, perpetration, perps, perpetrated, perpetrating, perpetrators