perp walk
perp walk noun: the intentional public display before news cameras of a person in police custody, especially someone famous or notorious, for the purpose of satisfying public interest, demonstrating the effectiveness of the authorities, or shaming the person.
Noun
perp walk (plural perp walks)
- The intentional public display before news cameras of a person in police custody, especially someone famous or notorious, for the purpose of satisfying public interest, demonstrating the effectiveness of the authorities, or shaming the person.
- ... as well-dressed masters of the universe did the ritualized perp walk with their expensive Armani suit jackets draped over their handcuffs.1980, Paul Fussell, Abroad - British Literary Traveling Between the Wars, page 114
- FBI agents gave former WorldCom executives Scott Sullivan and David Myers the same star treatment, parading the handcuffed quarry in an early-morning perp walk and prompting Sullivan's lawyer to complain about “the unfair taint of the current political climate.”2002 August 12, Daniel Eisenberg et al., “Jail To The Chiefs?”, in Time
perp walk meaning in Bengali
perp walk in Bengali
- জনসাধারণের কৌতূহল মেটানো
Forms of perp walk
| plural | perp walks |
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Origin of perp walk
From perp (“perpetrator”) + walk. First use appears c. 1980. See cite below.
Questions about perp walk
- What does perp walk mean?
- Perp walk means the intentional public display before news cameras of a person in police custody, especially someone famous or notorious, for the purpose of satisfying public interest, demonstrating the effectiveness of the authorities, or shaming the person.
- What is perp walk in Bengali?
- Perp walk in Bengali is জনসাধারণের কৌতূহল মেটানো. See Perp walk meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is perp walk?
- Perp walk is a noun.
- What is the plural of perp walk?
- The plural of perp walk is perp walks.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: perp walk (page history and authors); perp walk (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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