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See also: perp walk

English

Etymology

Denominal verb 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.
    • 2007, Fake Steve Jobs , chapter 5, in oPtion$: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs: A Parody, : Da Capo Press, →ISBN, page 27:
      There on CNN is Jeff Hernandez, a friend of ours, being perp-walked out of his house in Woodside by federal agents.
    • 2009, Karen Sandler, chapter 8, in The Family He Wanted (Special Edition; 1968), New York, N.Y.: Silhouette Books, →ISBN, pages 107–108:
      She wove through the busy students toward him, snagging his arm and all but perp-walking him outside to the front of the bakeshop.
    • 2012, Stuart Gibbs, “Analysis”, in Spy School, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 152:
      It wasn’t until I had been perp-walked past the entire student body and locked in the Box for the night that it finally occurred to me to check my phone for messages.