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Perpetrator

/pˈɜrpəˌtreɪtər/
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(noun) One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.

The perpetrator could almost completely remove all traces.
The perpetrator was Canadian.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The police identified the ____ through DNA evidence found at the scene of the crime.

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