poopetrator

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noun

A person who defecates in public or otherwise commits an act of vandalism using feces.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounpoopetrator (plural poopetrators)

plural poopetrators

  1. slangA person who defecates in public or otherwise commits an act of vandalism using feces.

    There is a poopetrator on the loose in Brooklyn, responsible for smearing feces on a number of doors and keyholes in the Prospect Heights and Crown Heights areas.

    2012 March 28, Cassandra Garrison, “Brooklyn poop vandal strikes again”, in Metro
    2 more examples

    During the night, certain perpetrators were sneaking onto play equipment in parks and school yards and leaving deposits […] The city stepped up surveillance of the park, which is just across the street and down the hill from the Police Department. It installed lights and a security camera. But it couldn’t catch the poopetrators.

    2004 December 10, Susan Lampert Smith, “Police aid nabs park befoulers by working turd shift”, in Wisconsin State Journal

    In the past several weeks, an unknown individual or group, who students have dubbed the ‘poopetrator,’ has repeatedly defecated in students’ laundry, leaving many fearful about the safety of their clothes.

    2013 October 2, Adrian Rodrigues, “Police probe Saybrook laundry incident”, in Yale Daily News

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

poopetrator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poopetrator

MLA

“poopetrator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poopetrator. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poopetrator,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poopetrator.

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