An instance of a person in police custody being led into a police station, courthouse, etc. in such a way as to enable the media to publicize the event.
scores of high-ranking executives have been subject to perp walks
Example sentencesExamples
Would we eventually see a bunch of central bank governors doing the "perp walk"?
One day after he was indicted by a grand jury in Houston and did the infamous perp walk.
He led a totally dysfunctional life and you see it in his famous perp walk.
The women seemed acutely aware that the sentencing walk - like its predecessor, the perp walk - defines them in the public's mind.
After all, you don't have to look far to find a lot of MBAs doing the much scorned "perp walk."
The perp walk has become an increasingly common and popular media phenomenon.
Let the perp walk start here.
A CEO no longer has to be photographed on a perp walk, handcuffs scraping cuff links, in order to get the boot; heads are now rolling for the slightest whiff of impropriety.
He avoided a nationally televised perp walk by surrendering to Houston authorities on his own.
They ticketed their car, their blocked their shots and they couldn't get what we call the perp walk going by.
You're real lucky you're not doing the perp walk right now.
That crook shouldn't be removed or censured, he should be cuffed and doin' the perp walk.
He stressed criminal sanctions against corporate miscreants, a point driven home when a string of fallen tycoons subsequently did the "perp walk" before TV cameras.
Despite the article being less than 50 words, the newspaper chose to accompany it with a photo of her, in her PJs, doing a perp walk down the stairs of our house.
They also like to use women agents in the perp walk.
Later the police paraded him in front of news photographers in a humiliating "perp walk."
Federal prosecutors arrested him on Apr. 23, and the world was treated to yet another capitalist perp walk outside a Manhattan courthouse.
Definition of perp walk in US English:
perp walk
noun
North American informal
An instance of a person in police custody being led into a police station, courthouse, etc. in such a way as to enable the media to publicize the event.
scores of high-ranking executives have been subject to perp walks
Example sentencesExamples
The women seemed acutely aware that the sentencing walk - like its predecessor, the perp walk - defines them in the public's mind.
The perp walk has become an increasingly common and popular media phenomenon.
That crook shouldn't be removed or censured, he should be cuffed and doin' the perp walk.
One day after he was indicted by a grand jury in Houston and did the infamous perp walk.
He avoided a nationally televised perp walk by surrendering to Houston authorities on his own.
They ticketed their car, their blocked their shots and they couldn't get what we call the perp walk going by.
Later the police paraded him in front of news photographers in a humiliating "perp walk."
They also like to use women agents in the perp walk.
You're real lucky you're not doing the perp walk right now.
He stressed criminal sanctions against corporate miscreants, a point driven home when a string of fallen tycoons subsequently did the "perp walk" before TV cameras.
A CEO no longer has to be photographed on a perp walk, handcuffs scraping cuff links, in order to get the boot; heads are now rolling for the slightest whiff of impropriety.
Despite the article being less than 50 words, the newspaper chose to accompany it with a photo of her, in her PJs, doing a perp walk down the stairs of our house.
He led a totally dysfunctional life and you see it in his famous perp walk.
Let the perp walk start here.
Would we eventually see a bunch of central bank governors doing the "perp walk"?
Federal prosecutors arrested him on Apr. 23, and the world was treated to yet another capitalist perp walk outside a Manhattan courthouse.
After all, you don't have to look far to find a lot of MBAs doing the much scorned "perp walk."