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How to pronounce perpetrate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms commit, pull
Type of act, move
Has types make, recommit
Derivation perpetration, perpetrator


perpetrate a crime.

Examples of perpetrate

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Some of these guys have been reading flight manuals to perpetrate these attacks.
From the edition.cnn.com
Attempts to perpetrate hoaxes may not be confined to editing Wikipedia articles.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Would anyone really perpetrate a scheme as complicated and risky as Isabelle's?
From the stltoday.com
Just as no one single thing usually motivates those who perpetrate such crimes.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
So for those who perpetrate the hurt, is there some line they could get back into?
From the latimes.com
The evil that these creatures perpetrate on innocent little children is sickening.
From the independent.co.uk
That allowed Craft to perpetrate the scheme after her mother died, Elfo said.
From the thenewstribune.com
This includes breaking major stories about child abuse and those who perpetrate it.
From the guardian.co.uk
A teaching of Christ opposed by those who perpetrate and pursue Jim Crow lifestyles.
From the washingtontimes.com
More examples
  • Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • (perpetration) the act of committing a crime
  • To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit
  • (perpetrated) (vb.): carried out; committed
  • Carry out an action such as a crime.