Synonyms of perpetrating

perpetrating

verb

present participle of perpetrate

as in performing

to carry through (as a process) to completion

the anonymity of the Web allows pranksters to perpetrate their hoaxes with impunity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• performing
• executing
• accomplishing
• fulfilling
• achieving
• doing
• making
• implementing
• committing
• prosecuting
• carrying out
• negotiating
• completing
• going through
• realizing
• effecting
• finishing
• pulling off
• carrying off
• putting through
• practicing
• compassing
• following through (with)
• effectuating
• bringing off
• bringing about
• attaining
• repeating
• working (at)
• engaging (in)
• nailing
• ending
• reenacting
• acing
• actualizing
• reduplicating
• winding up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failing
• slighting
• slurring
• skimping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of perpetrating

What’s truly unnerving, however, is that whoever is perpetrating these crimes has the ability to control minds. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

With all the boxes checked on statutory requirements, the USTR can take action—including by leveraging tariffs—to stop the foreign actor from perpetrating the offense. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 27 July 2026

The Miami Herald has previously reported on how OneCoin was later investigated in multiple countries for perpetrating a Ponzi scheme worth $4 billion, $400 million of which Scott helped launder. — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026

The worker, Ben Gilbert, and another man were later found to be perpetrating a scheme to fake a robbery. — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 11 June 2026

Opponents say bill makes women less safe Instances of trans people perpetrating violence in public bathrooms, locker rooms and dorm rooms are exceedingly rare. — Jack Harvel april 20, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026

Inspired by a real-life Northern Bank robbery, No Ordinary Heist centers on two feuding bank employees who are coerced into perpetrating Ireland‘s biggest bank heist after their families are kidnapped. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026

Experts have warned that the war will continue so long as foreign powers — namely the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt — continue backing and funding the belligerents, including a paramilitary accused of perpetrating a genocide. — semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026

So, for example, a lot of releases are coming out of this traumatizing space where men are perpetrating violence. — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2026