perp
/pɝp/
noun
- 1
(law enforcement) Perpetrator.
“"We have the perp in custody," the policeman said.”
adjective
- 1
At or forming a right angle (to something).
“In most houses, the walls are perpendicular to the floor.”
- 2
Exactly upright; extending in a straight line toward the centre of the earth, etc.
- 3
Independent of or irrelevant to each other; orthogonal.
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