perp-walk

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 [pseudonym; Daniel Lyons], chapter 5, in oPtion$: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs: A Parody, [Cambridge, Mass.]: 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.