perpetrator

per-pe-tra-tor · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person who commits a crime or harmful act.

  2. 2.

    A person responsible for carrying out an action, especially a negative one.

Forms

plural: perpetrators

Related words

Antonyms: victim
See also: criminal, offender, perpetrate
Synonyms: criminal, culprit, offender

Etymology

From Latin perpetrator, agent noun from perpetrare "to accomplish, perform," from per- "completely" + patrare "to carry out."