how ever you spell it. what's that?
2007-09-08 03:30:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A perpetrator is someone who does somethingn negative to another person. For instance, she might be the perpetrator of a crime. She did the crime to someone else, so she perpetrated it.
2007-09-08 03:38:26 · answer #1 · answered by TX Mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "perpetrator" is one who performs
(i.e., "perpetuates") some act.
It is NOT necessarily a "bad" or "criminal" act.
For example, if I organized a surprise birthday party for you,
I would be the "perpetrator" of that party
(most people would not find that to be a felonious act,
unless, of course, the shock of the surprise
gave you a heart attack, in which case,
I suppose I could be arrested for Premeditated Murder!
However, since you misspelled two words in your question
(one of them being the word "however"!),
you could have been arrested
for Mangling the English Language in the First Degree,
so I'd probably be given a light sentence (or paragraph!)). ;)
In the future, just go the link, below,
and enter your desired word, there.
Even if you misspell it,
the site will return a list of other closely spelled words,
from which you may select and find a definition.
2007-09-08 10:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by skaizun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a perpetrator is someone who creates or does something. In itself the word does not imply wrongdoing; but it has increasingly taken on that meaning. Police use "perp" to mean the person (usually unknown at the time) who committed the crime.
2007-09-08 10:45:45 · answer #3 · answered by picador 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A perpetrator is someone who commits a criminal
activity.
2007-09-08 10:39:42 · answer #4 · answered by Ocean C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
one that 'perps'
2007-09-08 10:37:41 · answer #5 · answered by ^MomentaryInsanity^ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋