PERPETRATING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

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

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of perpetrating 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 Think for yourself, perpetrating violence against a federal officer. —

Esme Murphy, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026 Video from the mass shooting showed the two gunmen perpetrating the attack, as well as an unarmed civilian wrestling and briefly disarming one of the gunmen, who would soon rejoin the other gunman and re-arm himself. —

Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025 The suspect, Patrick Joseph White, 30, may have been disgruntled over vaccine side effects before perpetrating the shooting, according to multiple reports. —

Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrating

Verb

The six-member girl group, currently performing as a five-member group, as member Manon is on hiatus, made their Coachella debut on Friday.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2026
Several acts who have been plying their musical craft since the 1960s and are still performing well over half a century later are visiting Connecticut this week.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026