perpetrator

autore, colpevole

Persona che commette un reato o compie un’azione dannosa o illegale.

In inglese semplice: Someone who commits a crime or does something harmful or illegal.

• The police caught the perpetrator.
• Witnesses helped identify the perpetrators of the attack.
• The victim could not describe the perpetrator's face.

Come si usa: the perpetrator of something (Police arrested the perpetrator of the attack.)

Sinonimi: offender, criminal, culprit

Espressioni comuni: identify the perpetrator, alleged perpetrator, perpetrator of violence