"perp-walk" meaning in English

See perp-walk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: perp-walks [present, singular, third-person], perp-walking [participle, present], perp-walked [participle, past], perp-walked [past]
Etymology: Denominal verb of perp walk. Etymology templates: {{denominal verb|en|perp walk}} Denominal verb of perp walk Head templates: {{en-verb}} perp-walk (third-person singular simple present perp-walks, present participle perp-walking, simple past and past participle perp-walked)
  1. (transitive) To take (someone) for a perp walk. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-perp-walk-en-verb-7rExKwkG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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