perpetrate

verb

per·pe·trate | \ ˈpər-pə-ˌtrāt

perpetrated; perpetrating

Definition of perpetrate

transitive verb

1 : to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit

2 : to produce, perform, or execute (something likened to a crime) perpetrate a pun

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Other Words from perpetrate

perpetration \ ˌpər-pə-ˈtrā-shən

\ noun

perpetrator \ ˈpər-pə-ˌtrā-tər

\ noun

Examples of perpetrate in a Sentence

The men were planning to perpetrate a robbery. The attack was perpetrated by a street gang. He vowed revenge for the crime perpetrated on his family.

Recent Examples on the Web

They were convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a Texas police officer who responded to a robbery perpetrated by the prisoners. — sun-sentinel.com, "Archaeologists say they located city where David found refuge," 9 July 2019 Latson traveled to Washington to visit the US Holocaust Museum and learn more about the mass genocide perpetrated by the Nazi regime that took the lives of 6 million Jews in Europe. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, "Principal who said Holocaust wasn’t ‘factual event’ is reassigned," 8 July 2019 Latson traveled to Washington to visit the US Holocaust Museum and learn more about the mass genocide perpetrated by the Nazi regime that took the lives of 6 million Jews in Europe. — Ryan Prior, CNN, "A high school principal is reassigned after writing that he couldn't say the Holocaust was 'a factual, historical event'," 8 July 2019 Global warming was a hoax perpetrated either by greedy climate scientists or foreign countries that wanted control over America’s energy resources. — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, "Trump Tries to Gaslight Planet Earth," 8 July 2019 The violence perpetrated by gangs, the inability of these governments to protect their own citizenship, cause part of these flows. — Washington Post, "From Libya to Texas, tragedies illustrate plight of migrants," 7 July 2019 The hate and violence perpetrated by Antifa must be condemned in the strongest possible way by all Americans. — Dallas News, "Ted Cruz demands federal inquiry of Portland mayor after Antifa attack on conservative journalist," 1 July 2019 Others have failed by not responding morally, pastorally and effectively to allegations of abuse or misconduct perpetrated by other bishops, priests and deacons. — Ted Slowik, Daily Southtown, "Slowik: A Joliet bishop engaged in sexual misconduct. The diocese still displays his picture in the cathedral.," 13 June 2019 Its Jewish author’s vigilant attention to the anti-Semitism perpetrated by both systems embarrassed Soviet apparatchiks for decades. — The Economist, "Vasily Grossman, the greatest bard of the second world war," 7 June 2019

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