perpetrator

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who commits a crime, harmful act, or other wrongdoing

   Investigators used the footage to identify the perpetrator of the attack.

From Late Latin perpetrator ("one who accomplishes"), from Latin perpetrare ("to carry through, accomplish"). In English, perpetrate became strongly associated with committing crimes or harmful acts, and perpetrator followed that specialization.

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