perp walk



perp walk

1. noun The forced walking of an arrested suspect or alleged criminal through a public space so as to allow him or her to be photographed or recorded on video. ("Perp" being short for perpetrator.) The photographers crowded the courtroom steps, eager to get a shot of the billionaire con artist as he began his perp walk.
2. verb (sometimes hyphenated) To force an arrested suspect to perform such a public walk. Police officers perp walked the actor through the crowd after he was arrested for allegedly beating up a reporter.
See also: perp, walk

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Evgeniyyev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-neeRussian
Raja (2)-Urdu, Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, Indonesian
KerİMe-Turkish
Lysander-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Ervin['ə:vin]
Itzhak-Hebrew