as in execution
the doing of an action
the perpetration of a series of pranks that resulted in an expulsion from school
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Recent Examples of perpetration
Pipkins is charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder in perpetration of a kidnapping.
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Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
People around the world were decrying the perpetration of a genocide.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Increase recognition of problem behaviors that can lead to perpetration of behaviors.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Hobart Police forwarded charges of murder and murder in perpetration of a robbery to the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
People around the world were decrying the perpetration of a genocide.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Increase recognition of problem behaviors that can lead to perpetration of behaviors.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Hobart Police forwarded charges of murder and murder in perpetration of a robbery to the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetration
Noun
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Jumps with a negative grade of execution are indicated with a red circle.—
Alice Fang,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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From a pure execution standpoint, there was a scene where everybody had to eat garlic in the circle.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The country began a starkly successful race for ingenuity and hi-tech to survive; the pace of change and implementation unparalleled in a six-week innovation cycle of the front line – the time in which a new idea for killing appears.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Unitree leadership views real-world implementation as the industry’s key hurdle.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The system could also potentially be installed as a micro-fulfillment solution in the back of Whole Foods stores, according to BI.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Feb. 2026
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Under Bath & Body Works’ new agreement with Amazon, the brand will retain ownership of the inventory and control pricing, but will use Amazon’s fulfillment partners network for Prime eligibility.—
Courtney Reagan,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Perpetration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetration. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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