Perpetrator means "the person that did the deed."
You are being accused of being the person that did "it."
The one who did it, or the one who started it
The opposite of perpetrator is victim.
Perpetrator is the correct spelling.
The perpetrator was caught on camera stealing from the store.
There are multiple meanings for the word "perp". Colloquially, in the United States and other countries, the term refers to a perpetrator or criminal. The term can also mean perpendicular.
accused
There was a robbery last week but the police have caught the perpetrator.
The American pit-bull terrier is always accused of being mean because of the illegal pit-bull fights.
victim perpetrator means a passive witness to atrocities on fellow humans without helping the victim.Bystander also means a passive looker to any atrocities.
"detection of the Perpetrator of the Maine Outrage."
An assault that resulted in that type of injury COULD possibly mean some jail time for the perpetrator, but not enough is known about either the incident or the perpetrator's history to render an opinion.
Because they are accused of crimes it does not mean they committed those crimes.