perpetrators

Definitions

Individuals who carry out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act.

People responsible for committing a crime or offense.

Examples

The police are working tirelessly to identify the perpetrators of the crime.

Security footage clearly captured the faces of the perpetrators as they fled the scene.

Justice will be served once the perpetrators are brought to trial for their actions.

Synonyms

offenders culprits wrongdoers criminals lawbreakers delinquents malefactors

Antonyms

victims sufferers innocents beneficiaries law-abiders saints heroes