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Taeter

perpetrator

noun TAY-ter Rare
People & Society Crime

Also means

offender

Usage Note

Taeter is the perpetrator of a deed, from Tat (act, crime). A female offender is a Taeterin. An accomplice is a Mittaeter, and a repeat offender a Wiederholungstaeter. The plural is unchanged: die Taeter. The crime itself is the Straftat.

Examples

"Die Polizei fahndet weiterhin nach dem Taeter."

Natural Translation

The police are still searching for the perpetrator.

Literal Translation

The police search further after the perpetrator.

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