perp walk

noun [C] /ˈpɜːpˌwɔːk/

/ˈpɝːpˌwɑːk/ US informal

Definition

› an occasion when police officers take a person who has been arrested for a crime through a public area so he or she can be seen and photographed by the media

(Definition of perp walk noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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