Convict
Convict noun - A person convicted as a criminal and serving a prison sentence.
Perpetrator and convict are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perpetrator" instead a noun "Convict".
Perpetrator
Perpetrator noun - Someone who perpetrates wrongdoing.
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Synonyms for Perpetrator
Convict and perpetrator are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Convict" instead a noun "Perpetrator".
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Related pairs
- crook and convict
- crook and perpetrator
- reprobate and convict
- reprobate and perpetrator
- outlaw and convict
- outlaw and perpetrator
- villain and convict
- villain and perpetrator
- criminal and convict
- criminal and perpetrator
- miscreant and convict
- miscreant and perpetrator
- gangster and convict
- gangster and perpetrator
Both words in one sentence
- Or you "arrest" or "convict" the "perpetrator", and watch the real bad guy come out of hiding.
Source: Decoy Trial - Detective Conan: The protagonist, having been de-aged to a child, ends up having to use a tranquilizer dart on someone and use a voice modulator to mimic them in order to convict the perpetrator.
Source: Unbelievable Source Plot - To convict the perpetrator, murder charges are brought against the Ensign who, unbeknownst to everyone involved in the trial, is the fake identity of an officer with Naval Intelligence, and evidence is purposely stacked against the ensign to maintain US-Turkish relations.
Source: Decoy Trial
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