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

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Recent Examples of perpetrating 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 The indictment accuses the pair of perpetrating a widespread fraud scheme, including inflating invoices, falsifying financial documents and double- and triple-counting collateral. — Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026 Sacramento police announced earlier this week the arrest of a man and a woman accused of perpetrating the assault. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrating
  1. performing
  2. executing
  3. accomplishing
  4. fulfilling
  5. achieving
  6. doing
  7. making
  8. implementing
Verb
  • Bad Bunny seamlessly moved from the stage to the couture scene, performing on Sunday night at Plenitude Arena in Paris, before turning heads the next morning at Schiaparelli’s show at the Petit Palais in a butter yellow suit.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 10 July 2026
  • The 24-year-old South Korean artist will also be performing on the Museum’s Ray Charles Rooftop Terrance, where attendees can enjoy the show with views of downtown Los Angeles.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of performing
Verb
  • Together, those technologies allow the robot to learn human movements through thousands of simulated training sessions before executing them in dynamic real-world environments.
    — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • And Hamas has instead reasserted its power in parts of Gaza not occupied by Israel, recently executing a Palestinian accused of collaborating with Israel.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of executing
Verb
  • Make Donors The Story’s Heroes Years ago, a development professional taught me to center donor communications around what the donor is accomplishing.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The primary question is whether this crowded field of new entrants is actually accomplishing anything, or whether its members are simply tripping over one another with deleterious impact.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026
Definition of accomplishing
Verb
  • And renting an empty office with nothing more to do than read the newspaper every day is rarely fulfilling.
    — Robert Balentine, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • But don’t sit at home, doing random tasks for empty nonprofits, believing in the ruse of fulfilling the necessary 200 volunteer hours to get into college.
    — Anya Joseph, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Definition of fulfilling
Verb
  • From enduring prejudice at West Point to commanding the Tuskegee Airmen and achieving 4-star general status, his life exemplified resilience.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • And when layered pieces are left completely out of the ponytail, the face is further accentuated, achieving a more youthful look.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 July 2026
Definition of achieving
Verb
  • Where looksmaxxing or sleepmaxxing push you to squeeze more results out of a habit, slowmaxxing asks you to squeeze more meaning out of doing less.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
  • Crews doing the shoring work have to take precautions because their job is inherently risky, according to structural engineer Matthew Roblez.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Definition of doing
Verb
  • What is making physical AI possible is developments in multimodal AI.
    — Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • Mystery illnesses have struck several groups of Grand Canyon rafters who paddled the Colorado River, prompting the National Park Service to investigate whether something in or along the river is making people sick.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Definition of making
Verb
  • The pope’s visit comes just two weeks after the European Union began implementing a new set of rules governing how each of its 27 member states will deal with irregular migration and asylum seekers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • After two years of struggle, a new developer, Iceflake Studios, has taken the helm, implementing extensive bug fixes and performance enhancements.
    — Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of implementing

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