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nounOne who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
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Origin
- Latinperpetrātor
- Englishperpetrator
From Latin perpetrātor. By surface analysis, perpetrate + -or.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek αὐθέντης
- αὐθέντης (authéntēs)one who perpetrates
Bulgarian извърши́тел, вино́вник
- извърши́тел (izvăršítel)one who perpetrates
- вино́вник (vinóvnik)one who perpetrates
Catalan perpetrador
- perpetradorone who perpetrates
Chinese Mandarin 作案者, 犯罪者
- 作案者 (zuò'ànzhě)one who perpetrates
- 犯罪者 (fànzuìzhě)one who perpetrates
- 實施犯罪的人 /实施犯罪的人 (shíshī fànzuì de rén)one who perpetrates
- 肇事者 (zhàoshìzhě)one who perpetrates
- 實施者 /实施者 (shíshīzhě)one who perpetrates
Czech pachatel
- pachatelone who perpetrates
Danish gerningsmand
- gerningsmandone who perpetrates
Dutch dader, bedrijver
- daderone who perpetrates
- bedrijverone who perpetrates
Finnish tekijä, syyllinen
- tekijäone who perpetrates
- syyllinenone who perpetrates
French coupable
- coupableone who perpetrates
German Täter, Täterin
- Täterone who perpetrates
- Täterinone who perpetrates
- Schuldigerone who perpetrates
- Schuldigeone who perpetrates
Greek δράστης, αυτουργός
- δράστης (drástis)one who perpetrates
- αυτουργός (aftourgós)one who perpetrates
Hungarian elkövető, bűnelkövető
- elkövetőone who perpetrates
- bűnelkövetőone who perpetrates
Indonesian pelaku
- pelakuone who perpetrates
Japanese 加害者
- 加害者 (kagaisha)one who perpetrates
Korean 가해자
- 가해자 (gahaeja)one who perpetrates
Latin patrātor
- patrātorone who perpetrates
Norwegian Bokmål gjerningsmann
- gjerningsmannone who perpetrates
Polish sprawca, sprawczyni
- sprawcaone who perpetrates
- sprawczynione who perpetrates
- winowajcaone who perpetrates
- winowajczynione who perpetrates
Portuguese perpetrador
- perpetradorone who perpetrates
Romanian făptaș, făptuitor
- făptașone who perpetrates
- făptuitorone who perpetrates
- vinovatulone who perpetrates
- vinovataone who perpetrates
Russian наруши́тель, наруши́тельница
- наруши́тель (narušítelʹ)one who perpetrates
- наруши́тельница (narušítelʹnica)one who perpetrates
- вино́вник (vinóvnik)one who perpetrates
- вино́вница (vinóvnica)one who perpetrates
Spanish perpetrador
- perpetradorone who perpetrates
Swedish gärningsman
- gärningsmanone who perpetrates
Turkish fail, sanık
- failone who perpetrates
- sanıkone who perpetrates
- suçluone who perpetrates
- mücrimone who perpetrates
- suç işleyen kimseone who perpetrates
Ukrainian винува́тець, винува́тиця
- винува́тець (vynuvátecʹ)one who perpetrates
- винува́тиця (vynuvátycja)one who perpetrates
- зловми́сник (zlovmýsnyk)one who perpetrates
- зловми́сниця (zlovmýsnycja)one who perpetrates
- пору́шник (porúšnyk)one who perpetrates
- пору́шниця (porúšnycja)one who perpetrates
Cite this entry
APA
perpetrator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perpetrator
MLA
“perpetrator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perpetrator. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perpetrator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perpetrator.
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