Usually means: Suspect publicly paraded for media.
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  1. perp walk: Merriam-Webster
  2. perp walk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. perp walk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. perp walk: Collins English Dictionary
  5. perp walk: Wiktionary
  6. perp walk: Dictionary.com
  7. Perp walk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. perp walk: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Perp Walk: Investopedia
  2. Perp Walk: Financial dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. perp walk: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (perp walk)

noun:  (chiefly US, idiomatic, law enforcement) The intentional public display before news cameras of a person in police custody, especially someone famous or notorious, for the purpose of satisfying public interest, demonstrating the effectiveness of the authorities, or shaming the person.

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