"perp" meaning in English

See perp in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɝp/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-perp.ogg
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} perp
  1. (architecture) Clipping of perpendicular. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: perpendicular Categories (topical): Architecture, People
    Sense id: en-perp-en-adj-LzarC9lZ Disambiguation of People: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /pɝp/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-perp.ogg Forms: perps [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p Etymology: Clipping of perpetrator. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|perpetrator}} Clipping of perpetrator Head templates: {{en-noun}} perp (plural perps)
  1. (slang, law enforcement) A perpetrator. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Law enforcement Derived forms: perp walk Translations (perpetrator): Täter [masculine] (German), Täterin [feminine] (German), правонаруши́тель (pravonarušítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), злоумы́шленник (zloumýšlennik) [masculine] (Russian), винува́тець (vynuvátecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), винува́тиця (vynuvátycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), зловми́сник (zlovmýsnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), зловми́сниця (zlovmýsnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), пору́шник (porúšnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), пору́шниця (porúšnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-perp-en-noun-HuI6qaHA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Topics: government, law-enforcement
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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