Definition of perpetrate
perpetrated
;perpetrating
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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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 of perpetrate from the Web
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The same Facebook photo and fake news were perpetrated upon Glen Elder Reservoir, a lake about 165 miles north of Wichita, The Kansas City Star reported Saturday.
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Pinellas Park police have found a suspect in the June 13 South Miami-Dade home invasion perpetrated by police impersonators.
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Tying the creation of BOB to one of the most horrific acts humans have ever perpetrated makes a lot of thematic sense.
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The exhibits also spend time on atrocities perpetrated by the Soviet Union, as well as on the 3 million Russian soldiers who suffered in German captivity.
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Some might wish to pretend that rising seas are a hoax perpetrated by scientists and a gullible news media.
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Donald Willems, 41, had pleaded guilty to his role in the massive fraud perpetrated by ringleader Kenneth Chatman who ran sober homes in Palm Beach and Broward counties.
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Inside were 68 pages of research claiming that a Chinese real estate company, Evergrande, was perpetrating an accounting fraud and would collapse.
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That struggle has existed since before Texas became a state and has ranged from mob violence and massacres — some perpetrated by the Texas Rangers — to voting and employment discrimination and school and housing segregation.
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Origin and Etymology of perpetrate
Latin perpetratus, past participle of perpetrare, from per- through + patrare to accomplish, from pater father — more at father
PERPETRATE Defined for English Language Learners
perpetrate
playDefinition of perpetrate for English Language Learners
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: to do (something that is illegal or wrong)
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