Question of the Day #1308

FBI agent relieved of duty over refusing Comey perp walk, four people familiar say

From the headline of this article at Reuters.

  上記の文で、perp walkの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "perp walk" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

犯罪者の連行［連れ出し・引きまわし］◆警察が逮捕した犯罪容疑者を外に連れ出し、メディアに対して撮影の機会を与えること。

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

the public escorting of an arrested individual (as from a courthouse to a police car) by law enforcement officials

 

Examples

1. Oh, the perp walk: A glorious American tradition in which a person not yet convicted of any crime is paraded handcuffed before the media as an instantly recognizable icon of guilt. — Chris Rovzar
2. … U.S. District Court judge Allen G. Schwartz ruled that the so-called "perp walk" serves no legitimate law enforcement purpose other than to "humiliate" the defendant and "titillate" the public. — David Noack
3. During a perp walk, law enforcement publicly escort a person accused of a crime as they are transported outside a police station or courthouse, usually in view of media cameras. - From BBC
4. Oswald was killed two days later by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby during a perp walk broadcast on live television. - From Los Angeles Times
5. He said it bore similarities to the perp walk of Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, who killed 168 people in 1995. – From Salon

   

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