About The Word Perpetrate

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Perpetrate

Perpetrate Meaning & Definition
Perpetrate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Perpetrate?

[v] perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Perpetrate: commit | pull

Related Terms | Find terms related to Perpetrate: accomplish | achieve | be responsible for | bring about | bring off | bring to pass | carry out | carry through | commit | do | do to | effect | effectuate | execute | go and do | inflict | make | pay | perform | produce | pull | pull off | realize | render | take and do | up and do | wreak

See Also | act | make | move | recommit

Perpetrate In Webster's Dictionary

\Per"pe*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perpetrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perpetrating}.] [L. perpetratus, p. p. of perpetrare to effect, perpetrare; per + patrare to perform.] To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed. What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. --Young.

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