noun
- plural of perp; perpetrators of a crime or wrongdoing
Usage: informal; chiefly North American
Examples
- The police arrested three perps in connection with the robbery.
- Detectives are still searching for the perps who vandalized the school.
- The perps fled the scene before officers arrived.
- Witnesses helped identify the perps from security footage.
- The perps were charged with multiple counts of theft.