as in to perform
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the anonymity of the Web allows pranksters to perpetrate their hoaxes with impunity
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Recent Examples of perpetrate
Research shows that in about 3 in 5 cases of murder-suicide perpetrated by men with a firearm, family court is somehow involved.
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Kathryn Spearman, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
The trio went to great lengths to perpetrate the subterfuge, the indictment claims, including using hair dryers to remove packaging labels that were then reaffixed to thousands of fake replica servers.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Law enforcement and prosecutors in Minnesota started investigating major fraud perpetrated by Minnesota nonprofit, Feeding Our Future, in 2021.
—Politifact, Dallas Morning News, 2 Apr. 2026
Yet Ali’s act does not only evoke terrorist incidents such as the Charlie Hebdo attack, perpetrated by Muslim extremists, just a few months prior to The Red Chador.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 31 Mar. 2026
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Kathryn Spearman, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
The trio went to great lengths to perpetrate the subterfuge, the indictment claims, including using hair dryers to remove packaging labels that were then reaffixed to thousands of fake replica servers.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Law enforcement and prosecutors in Minnesota started investigating major fraud perpetrated by Minnesota nonprofit, Feeding Our Future, in 2021.
—Politifact, Dallas Morning News, 2 Apr. 2026
Yet Ali’s act does not only evoke terrorist incidents such as the Charlie Hebdo attack, perpetrated by Muslim extremists, just a few months prior to The Red Chador.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrate
Verb
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My plan was all an act, or more, an enactment of an act that would never be performed.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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After every race, his team analyzes a litany of granular data points, including which skis performed best on what kind of snow and which garments correlated with faster results.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
2 May 2026
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Aspen Wooten, a talented tennis prodigy who moved from Memphis to Lake Nona with her family as a ninth grader, had accomplished just about everything available in her four-year high school career — including winning more than 100 matches.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Mantle and Berra accomplished the feat in 1956.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Arsenal’s short-corner routine against Newcastle was well planned and executed in creating the winner, but the other parts of it were important too.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Another federal law enforcement official briefed on the probe told USA TODAY that the FBI executed a search warrant at a home linked to Allen in Torrance, a Los Angeles suburb.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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In Sirak’s view, the role is not simply to fulfill requests, but to understand the business logic behind them.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ehrenreich has since pursued a lower-profile career, though a fulfilling one, with memorable supporting performances in films like Oppenheimer, as a skeptical aide, and Weapons, as a mustachioed cop.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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This is just what Sottsass and Haring tried to achieve.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Blue Origin has a long way to go before achieving 100 New Glenn flights, and doing it within three years sounds overly optimistic.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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The governor’s comments underscored the limited power of the commission, which could not issue subpoenas, file charges or compel anyone to do anything.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The New York Knicks emphatically did so with a scoreline that should be reserved for horror movies.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Where things have felt vague, clarity makes a noticeable difference.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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States can also make an independent decision not to allow the sale of a product in their state.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Under the agreement, MNI must also implement a compliance program to identify and address the Anti-Kickback Statute risks linked with other financial arrangements and retain an Independent Compliance Expert to perform a review of the effectiveness of the compliance program.—
Ryanne Mena,
Oc Register,
2 May 2026
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Under an authority meant for state emergencies, Landry has already suspended this month’s congressional primaries in order to implement a new map.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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“Perpetrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrate. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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