perpetrator

• Substantiv, das eine Person bezeichnet, die eine schädliche, illegale oder unmoralische Handlung begeht; oft im juristischen und kriminologischen Kontext verwendet.

A noun referring to a person who commits a harmful, illegal, or morally wrong act.

1. WrongdoerB2formal

   A person who commits a harmful, illegal, or immoral act.

   Täter

   • The police are searching for the perpetrator of the robbery.
   • The perpetrator of the fraud was sentenced to five years in prison.
   • Witnesses identified the perpetrator of the attack.

   Synonymecriminalculpritlawbreakermalefactormiscreantoffendertransgressorwrongdoer

   Antonymeinnocentvictim