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perp walk
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1.
US
global
journalistic
informal
The practice of publicly parading a person who has been arrested, often in handcuffs, so that they can be photographed or filmed by the press.
2.
US
global
informal
pejorative
A figurative public display of humiliation or exposure of an accused or disgraced person, often orchestrated for media or political effect.
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