单词 | perp |
释义 | perpn.2 U.S. slang. The perpetrator of a crime. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > actual perpetrator of crime principalc1325 perp1968 1968 D. L. Pike Police Rep. 2 May in I. E. Robinson et al. Cases in Crisis (1972) xxxviii. 240 Perp was at back door of Apt 2 when he was shot in right thigh by victim. 1976 N.Y. Times 6 Nov. 23/5 The suspect or ‘perp’ (short for ‘perpetrator’ in police jargon), was an armed state probation officer who had gone berserk in his home. 1981 H. Gould Fort Apache, Bronx ii. 10 They weren't looking for leads, because there would be no problem getting the perps on this case. 1984 T. N. Murari Shooter vii. 81 Yolande had testified. The perp got twenty-five to life. 1992 Newsday (Nexis) 29 Mar. 8 We will stop these perps from making a living in the pursuit of their dishonest occupation. 2002 NewsMax.com Oct. 48/1 The FBI, fearful of being accused of being part of a government cover-up, fell in line and concentrated on the unproven ‘lone wolf’ perp. Compounds perp walk n. a march into or out of a police car, courthouse, etc., that a person in police custody is made to perform for the benefit of the news media. ΚΠ 1986 Newsday (N.Y.) 4 Nov. 54/1 He has also refused to parade defendants before cameras in the now traditional ‘perp walk’ that many prosecutors use to please the TV stations. 2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 June 32/1 There was an ominous, slow-motion replay of McVeigh's ‘perp walk’ intercut with victims in agony. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Perp.adj.n.1 Architecture (British colloquial). A. adj. = perpendicular adj. 4.As both adjective and noun, often used in combination with Dec., decorated (see decorated adj. b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > other styles florida1706 massive1723 rounded1757 round-arched1782 castellar1789 baronial1807 rational1813 English colonial1817 massy1817 transitional1817 Scottish Baronial1829 rococo1830 flamboyant1832 Scotch Baronial1833 Churrigueresque1845 Russo-Byzantine1845 soaring1849 trenchant1849 vernacular1857 Scots Baronial1864 baroque1867 Perp.1867 rayonnant1873 Dutch colonial1876 Neo-Grec1878 rococoesque1885 Richardsonian1887 federal1894 organic1896 confectionery1897 European-style1907 postmodern1916 Lutyens1921 modern1927 moderne1928 functionalist1930 Williamsburg1931 Colonial Revival1934 packing case1935 Corbusian1936 lavatorial1936 pseudish1938 Adamesque1942 rationalist1952 Miesian1956 open-planned1958 Lutyensesque1961 façade1962 Odeon1964 high-tech1979 Populuxe1986 1867 Handbk. Travellers Yorkshire 116/1 The great features of the exterior..are the North Porch, and the West Front... Both of these are Perp... The West Front..is as fine an example of a Perp. composition. 1894 Baedeker's Great Brit. (ed. 3) 407 The noble W. Façade (Dec.; towers, 201 ft. high, Perp.). 1957 ‘J. Wyndham’ Midwich Cuckoos i. i. 10 The church is mostly perp. and dec., but with a Norman west doorway and font. 2002 Church Times 26 Apr. 36/4 My sister was baptised in its Perp. font one September Sunday. B. n.1 = perpendicular n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > Gothic > specific perpendicular1817 continuous style1849 Perp.1937 1937 A. Christie Dumb Witness vii. 68 Though an attractive specimen of what the guidebook calls Early Perp. it had been so conscientiously restored in Victorian vandal days that little of interest remained. 1974 Times 10 Jan. 16/7 His love of Gothic architecture made him befriend cathedrals, abbeys and churches, particularly the Perp and Dec so abundant in East Anglia. 1990 P. Lively Praising On (BNC) 156 The picture was of a well-known local church. Giles said: ‘I can see I must brush up on my Perp and Dec if I am to keep up with you.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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