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Webster 1913 Edition

Perpetrator

Per′pe-traˊtor

,

Noun.

[L.]

One who perpetrates; esp., one who commits an offense or crime.

Webster 1828 Edition

Perpetrator

PER'PETRATOR

,

Noun.

One that commits a crime.

Definition 2024

perpetrator

perpetrator

English

Noun

perpetrator ‎(plural perpetrators)

One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.

Synonyms

arrestee, prisoner
(slang) perp, collar
See also Wikisaurus:criminal

Translations

one who perpetrates

Bulgarian: извършител (bg) m ‎(izvǎršítel), виновник (bg) m ‎(vinóvnik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 作案者 ‎(zuòànzhě)
Danish: gerningsmand (da) c
Dutch: dader (nl) m, bedrijver m
Finnish: tekijä (fi), syyllinen (fi)
French: coupable (fr) m, f
Georgian: დამნაშავე ‎(damnašave)
German: Täter (de) m, Täterin (de) f, Schuldiger (de) m, Schuldige (de) f
Greek: δράστης (el) m ‎(drástis)

Hungarian: elkövető (hu)
Indonesian: pelaku (id)
Japanese: 加害者 ‎(かがいしゃ, kagaisha)
Norwegian: gjerningsmann m
Portuguese: perpetrador (pt) m
Romanian: făptaș (ro) m, făptuitor (ro) m
Russian: наруши́тель (ru) m ‎(narušítelʹ), наруши́тельница (ru) f ‎(narušítelʹnica), вино́вник (ru) m ‎(vinóvnik), вино́вница (ru) f ‎(vinóvnica)
Spanish: perpetrador m, f
Swedish: gärningsman (sv) c

Latin

Verb

perpetrātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of perpetrō
third-person singular future passive imperative of perpetrō

References

perpetrator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “perpetrator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.