likely perpetrator

With my vessel gone, he would seem the most likely perpetrator."

Al Qaeda was singled out as the most likely perpetrator of terrorism.

Kurdish groups were cited as possible or likely perpetrators.

He pursued his father as a suspect, even after it became clear Michaels was the more likely perpetrator.

The signs seem to indicate that the most likely perpetrators were a pro-Western rebel group.

Gold is the likeliest perpetrator, and they confront him.

Having endured this all-too-familiar assault, she turned around, identified the likely perpetrator and gave him a look that could kill.

She also reveals that she assumed the police would eventually believe he killed Diane (since he was the more likely perpetrator).

One likely perpetrator was convicted assassin Harry Orchard, who many historians believe may have been a double agent.

Mr. Barrows focused on Teledata employees as likely perpetrators.

Pratt (1980) showed for Lambeth that young black men between 10 and 18 are the most likely perpetrators, but also the most likely victims of street crime.

Along the way, Jesse discovers that the most likely perpetrator of the cruiser explosion, a former associate of Gino, has apparently hanged himself.

Everyone, as Morse supposed, was just about capable of murder, but why should Conrad be put forward as the likeliest perpetrator of such uncharacteristic malice?

An Inter Press Service report discredited claims of Hezbollah involvement in the attack, pointing rather toward Al Qaeda as the likely perpetrator.

Allison hearing from Jack that Ev was the likely perpetrator for the frame up as he seemed quite eager to use the "zapper" to take out Declan.

One of the most likely perpetrators of an attack in Kenya is Al Shabaab, an militant group in Somalia who are opposed to the Somali government.

Al-Qaeda are the most likely perpetrators of the attacks, a clearly well-designed and sophisticated operation, and are probably hoping to exploit the political situation to foment further sectarian bloodshed.

Although Muslim states have expressed outrage over the attacks, many have hesitated to endorse military action or even to say publicly that they considered Mr. bin Laden a likely perpetrator.

Historians such as James Joll and Timothy Messer-Kruse say the evidence points to Rudolph Schnaubelt, brother-in-law of Schwab, as the likely perpetrator.

In the Khobar Towers case, neither the Saudis nor the State Department seemed eager to pursue a trail of evidence that pointed to Iranian terrorists as the likeliest perpetrators.

Although a specific identification cannot be made, the most likely perpetrator would be a juvenile individual of one of the Dinosaur Park Formation's tyrannosaurids, like Gorgosaurus, or Daspletosaurus.

For the United States, having General Musharraf name Mr. bin Laden as the likely perpetrator was valuable in itself, for the ripple effect it might have across the Muslim world.

The likely perpetrators are a category of their own, but uncontroversially, they draw support from a reservoir of bitterness and anger over U.S. policies in the region, extending those of earlier European masters.

Although Jeffrey thought that a doctor was the most likely perpetrator, he acknowledged that anyone with pharmaceutical experience could have tampered with the Marcaine; it didn't have to be an M.D.