as in execution
the doing of an action
the perpetration of a series of pranks that resulted in an expulsion from school
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Recent Examples of perpetration
Pipkins is charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder in perpetration of a kidnapping.
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Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
People around the world were decrying the perpetration of a genocide.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Increase recognition of problem behaviors that can lead to perpetration of behaviors.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Hobart Police forwarded charges of murder and murder in perpetration of a robbery to the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
People around the world were decrying the perpetration of a genocide.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Increase recognition of problem behaviors that can lead to perpetration of behaviors.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Hobart Police forwarded charges of murder and murder in perpetration of a robbery to the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetration
Noun
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Great focus, play and execution in all four quarters would mean a national title.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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In the hours before her execution, longtime friend Dawn Botkins said Wuornos finally called herself a serial killer.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Vummadi sees Giga’s implementation speed as one of its main competitive advantages.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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This includes a customizable home screen that can display time, temperature, weather, humidity, outdoor air quality, and more (versus a static screen), and energy-saving implementations that can either run automatically or require you to opt-in through the Google Home app.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But despite the production’s accomplished period physical trappings, there’s an air of very 21st-century thinking here — particularly in depictions of gender-blur and adult same-sex love within the Arab world — that feels more like wish-fulfillment than the film is prepared to acknowledge.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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These are warehouses located near major ports designed to minimize ground transportation expenses and streamline the flow of goods into its wider fulfillment network.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Perpetration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetration. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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