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perp-walking

perp-walking is the present participle and gerund of perp-walk.

Meaning of perp-walk

Verb

perp-walk (third-person singular simple present perp-walks, present participle perp-walking, simple past and past participle perp-walked)

  1. (transitive) To take (someone) for a perp walk.
    • There on CNN is Jeff Hernandez, a friend of ours, being perp-walked out of his house in Woodside by federal agents.2007, Fake Steve Jobs [pseudonym; Daniel Lyons], chapter 5, in oPtion$: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs: A Parody, [Cambridge, Mass.]: Da Capo Press, →ISBN, page 27

Questions about perp-walking

What is perp-walking the present participle and gerund of?
Perp-walking is the present participle and gerund of perp-walk.

Words near perp-walking in the dictionary

  1. perp
  2. perp walk
  3. perp walks
  4. perp-walk
  5. perp-walked
  6. perp-walking
  7. perp-walks
  8. perp.
  9. Perpall
  10. perpend
  11. perpend stone

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