Answer: PERP
PERP is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 103 times.
Referring Clues:
- One for the record books?
 - Cop's catch
 - Doer in a whodunit
 - Busted party
 - Guilty one, in copspeak
 - Cop's target
 - Whom a copper apprehends
 - Cop's collar
 - Potential con
 - Crook, in cop lingo
 - Suspected lawbreaker, for short
 - Criminal, for short
 - Cop's quarry
 - Offender, in cop lingo
 - Collar victim
 - Offender, in crime-speak
 - Criminal, in copspeak
 - Bad guy
 - Crime committer
 - ___ walk (controversial police practice)
 - One for the books?
 - Criminal, to a cop
 - PD target
 - Bad guy hidden in eight puzzle answers
 - Collared one
 - One doing a bank job
 - Criminal, informally
 - Offender, in police lingo
 - Criminal, to cops
 - Culprit, to a cop
 - Alleged suspect, to the law
 - Suspect, to a cop
 - Busted party?
 - Cop's culprit
 - Criminal, in police slang
 - Party in jail?
 - "Law & Order" quarry
 - Offender, in police jargon
 - Criminal
 - Offender, to an officer
 - Cop's pursuit
 - Culprit, for short
 - Crime doer, in slang
 - Crime-doer, in slang
 - Guy hauled to jail
 - Whodunit quarry
 - Suspect, in cop lingo
 - ___ walk (police procedure)
 - Crook, to a cop
 - Crime doer
 - Type of walk seen on "Law & Order"
 - Cop's suspect
 - Lawbreaker, in police lingo
 - Crime doer, to cops
 - One may be fingered
 - Suspect, in police lingo
 - One on the lam, perhaps
 - Baddie, briefly
 - One picked out of a lineup, informally
 - One chased in a car chase, for short
 - Miranda warning receiver, informally
 - Robber, to cops
 - One collared, so to speak
 - Lineup member, hopefully
 - Criminal, in cop-speak
 - One sought by cops
 - One doing a bank job?
 - Person in handcuffs, for short
 - One on the run
 - Copper's collar
 - Kind of walk
 - Arrested suspect, informally
 - Culprit, so to speak
 - Robber, to a cop
 - Felon, to a cop
 - Suspect, in police slang
 - Offender
 - Crime scene figure
 - Mug shot subject
 - APB quarry
 - BOLO target
 - ___ walk
 - Witness' lineup choice, ideally
 - Cop's collar, informally
 - Heist puller
 - Blacksmith, miner, marathoner or barber, in this puzzle
 - One in custody, informally
 - Guilty party, slangily
 - Lawbreaker, slangily
 - One nabbed by the fuzz
 - Guilty party
 - One who gets booked, informally
 - Criminal, slangily
 - One who did it
 - One in handcuffs, informally
 - APB subject
 - Cop's quarry, informally
 - One in handcuffs, for short
 - Court loser, maybe
 - One in cuffs, maybe
 - Alleged offender, to a cop
 - Crime drama suspect
 - Crime show extra, informally
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - August 21, 2025
 - LA Times - September 18, 2024
 - New York Times - May 05, 2024
 - LA Times - September 16, 2023
 - LA Times - July 21, 2023
 - New York Times - July 04, 2023
 - LA Times - December 02, 2022
 - New York Times - April 14, 2022
 - LA Times - January 22, 2022
 - LA Times - March 14, 2021
 - New York Times - January 27, 2021
 - LA Times - October 22, 2020
 - LA Times - July 18, 2020
 - LA Times - June 29, 2020
 - Netword - March 01, 2020
 - New York Times - February 19, 2020
 - LA Times - January 19, 2020
 - Netword - January 01, 2020
 - USA Today - September 25, 2019
 - USA Today - May 30, 2019
 
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