Guilty party
Perp and guilty party are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perp" instead a noun phrase "Guilty party".
Perp
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- Compare Engineered Public Confession (which plays off the villain's overconfidence rather than their panic), Perp Sweating, Framing the Guilty Party.
Source: Bluffing the Murderer -
Clear My Name: "Friendly Fire" has Adam trying to clear himself of an unlawful shooting charge before a disciplinary board, where he's pinned with the blame of killing an unarmed suspect after he refused to follow the actual guilty party's recommendation that they both report the perp was armed.
Source: Series / Street Justice
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Perp and Guilty party. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/guilty_party/perp
Guilty party & Perp. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/guilty_party/perp>.
Perp or Guilty party. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/guilty_party/perp.
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