Translations for „perp“ in the English » German Dictionary

perp¹ [pɜ:p, Am pɜ:rp] ADJ inv inf

perp short for perpendicular

perp

senkrecht

See also perpendicular

I . per·pen·dicu·lar [ˌpɜ:pənˈdɪkjʊləʳ, Am ˌpɜ:rpənˈdɪkju:lɚ] ADJ inv

perpendicular

senkrecht

perpendicular

perpendikular spec

to be perpendicular to sth

senkrecht zu etw dat stehen

II . per·pen·dicu·lar [ˌpɜ:pənˈdɪkjʊləʳ, Am ˌpɜ:rpənˈdɪkju:lɚ] N

perpendicular

Senkrechte f

MATH, ARCHIT the perpendicular

das Lot

to be out of the perpendicular

nicht im Lot sein

to drop a perpendicular

das Lot fällen

perp² [pɜ:p, Am pɜ:rp] N sl

perp short for perpetrator

perp

Täter(in) m (f)

See also perpetrator

per·pe·tra·tor [ˈpɜ:pɪtreɪtəʳ, Am ˈpɜ:rpətreɪt̬ɚ] N form

perpetrator

Täter(in) m (f)

perpetrator of fraud

Betrüger(in) m (f)

perpetrator of violence

Gewalttäter(in) m (f)

perp walk N

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perp walk Am inf

inszenierte Abführung (eines Verdächtigen) in Handschellen vor den Medien

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He turned to the perp walk itself, which he agreed seemed to be a question of first impression.

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On appeal that judgement was limited strictly to perp walks staged for the media.

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This soon escalated to allowing guilty perps to remain free, unjudicial relations and drinking, and taking bribes from organised crime.

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Informally, it is called the perp, short for perpendicular complement.

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Legal criticism of the perp walk is not limited to the defense bar.

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In a few cases, his public arrests of alleged white-collar criminals at their workplaces with charges later dropped or lessened, sparked controversy, and damaged the reputations of the alleged perps.

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A community shaken by an act of deviancy wants reassurance that moral order has been restored, and a perp walk accomplishes this much more quickly than the courts can.

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In the game players would control a squad of judges and arrest perps.

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The term perp is short for perpetrator, and is commonly used by police departments for those they arrest.

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But we also know that the perp walk often looks and feels like a circus.

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