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perpetrate

to commit: perpetrate a crime; to present or execute in a tasteless manner: perpetrate a poor performance
Not to be confused with:
perpetuate – save, maintain, sustain; preserve from oblivion: perpetuate a little-known opera
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per·pe·trate

 (pûr′pĭ-trāt′)
tr.v. per·pe·trat·ed, per·pe·trat·ing, per·pe·trates
To be responsible for; commit: perpetrate a crime; perpetrate a practical joke.

[Latin perpetrāre, perpetrāt-, to accomplish : per-, per- + patrāre, to bring about (from pater, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots).]

per′pe·tra′tion n.
per′pe·tra′tor n.
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perpetrate

(ˈpɜːpɪˌtreɪt)
vb
(tr) to perform or be responsible for (a deception, crime, etc)
[C16: from Latin perpetrāre, from per- (thoroughly) + patrāre to perform, perhaps from pater father, leader in the performance of sacred rites]
ˌperpeˈtration n
ˈperpeˌtrator n
Usage: Perpetrate and perpetuate are sometimes confused: he must answer for the crimes he has perpetrated (not perpetuated); the book helped to perpetuate (not perpetrate) some of the myths surrounding his early life
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per•pe•trate

(ˈpɜr pɪˌtreɪt)

v.t. -trat•ed, -trat•ing.
to carry out; enact; commit: to perpetrate a hoax.
[1540–50; < Latin perpetrātus, past participle of perpetrāre=per- per- + -petrāre, comb. form of patrāre to father, bring about, derivative of pater father; see -ate1]
per`pe•tra′tion, n.
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perpetrate


Past participle: perpetrated
Gerund: perpetrating

Imperative
perpetrate
perpetrate
Present
I perpetrate
you perpetrate
he/she/it perpetrates
we perpetrate
you perpetrate
they perpetrate
Preterite
I perpetrated
you perpetrated
he/she/it perpetrated
we perpetrated
you perpetrated
they perpetrated
Present Continuous
I am perpetrating
you are perpetrating
he/she/it is perpetrating
we are perpetrating
you are perpetrating
they are perpetrating
Present Perfect
I have perpetrated
you have perpetrated
he/she/it has perpetrated
we have perpetrated
you have perpetrated
they have perpetrated
Past Continuous
I was perpetrating
you were perpetrating
he/she/it was perpetrating
we were perpetrating
you were perpetrating
they were perpetrating
Past Perfect
I had perpetrated
you had perpetrated
he/she/it had perpetrated
we had perpetrated
you had perpetrated
they had perpetrated
Future
I will perpetrate
you will perpetrate
he/she/it will perpetrate
we will perpetrate
you will perpetrate
they will perpetrate
Future Perfect
I will have perpetrated
you will have perpetrated
he/she/it will have perpetrated
we will have perpetrated
you will have perpetrated
they will have perpetrated
Future Continuous
I will be perpetrating
you will be perpetrating
he/she/it will be perpetrating
we will be perpetrating
you will be perpetrating
they will be perpetrating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been perpetrating
you have been perpetrating
he/she/it has been perpetrating
we have been perpetrating
you have been perpetrating
they have been perpetrating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been perpetrating
you will have been perpetrating
he/she/it will have been perpetrating
we will have been perpetrating
you will have been perpetrating
they will have been perpetrating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been perpetrating
you had been perpetrating
he/she/it had been perpetrating
we had been perpetrating
you had been perpetrating
they had been perpetrating
Conditional
I would perpetrate
you would perpetrate
he/she/it would perpetrate
we would perpetrate
you would perpetrate
they would perpetrate
Past Conditional
I would have perpetrated
you would have perpetrated
he/she/it would have perpetrated
we would have perpetrated
you would have perpetrated
they would have perpetrated
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.perpetrate - perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
make - carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas"
recommit - commit once again, as of a crime
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perpetrate

verb commit, do, perform, carry out, effect, be responsible for, execute, inflict, bring about, enact, wreak What kind of person perpetrated this crime?
Usage: Perpetrate and perpetuate are sometimes confused: he must answer for the crimes he has perpetrated (not perpetuated); the book helped to perpetuate (not perpetrate) some of the myths surrounding his early life.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

perpetrate

verb
To be responsible for or guilty of (an error or crime):
Informal: pull off.
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Translations

perpetrate

[ˈpɜːpɪtreɪt] VTcometer (Jur) → perpetrar
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perpetrate

[ˈpɜːrpɪtreɪt] vt [+ crime, harmful act] → perpétrer
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perpetrate

vtbegehen; crime alsoverüben
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perpetrate

[ˈpɜːpɪˌtreɪt] vtperpetrare, commettere
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References in classic literature ?
Such perfidious Treachery in the merciless perpetrators of the Deed will shock your gentle nature Dearest Marianne as much as it then affected the Delicate sensibility of Edward, Sophia, your Laura, and of Augustus himself.
At another time the Prince would have treated this deed of violence as a good jest; but now, that it interfered with and impeded his own plans, he exclaimed against the perpetrators, and spoke of the broken laws, and the infringement of public order and of private property, in a tone which might have become King Alfred.
A small catalogue of evils, even if the perpetrators of them are few in number.
Nor did he require the evidence of the broken German rifle in the outer room, or the torn and blood-stained service cap upon the floor, to tell him who had been the perpetrators of this horrid and useless crime.
Within eight-and-forty hours, a reward of One Hundred Pounds was proclaimed, together with a free pardon to any person or persons not the actual perpetrator or perpetrators, and so forth in due form.
"That assassination was a mysterious affair," said Villefort, "and the perpetrators have hitherto escaped detection, although suspicion has fallen on the head of more than one person." Noirtier made such an effort that his lips expanded into a smile.
Stuart assured them that the day was not far distant when the whites would make their power to be felt throughout that country, and take signal vengeance on the perpetrators of these misdeeds.
Yet I knew there must be another and a subtler one, to account not only for the magnitude of the crime, but for the pains which the actual perpetrators had taken to conceal the fact of their survival, and for the union of so diverse a trinity as Senhor Santos, Captain Harris, and the young squire.
Numerous offences had been committed in the neighbourhood; the perpetrators remained undiscovered, and their boldness increased.
This functionary, being, of course, well used to such scenes; looking upon all kinds of robbery, from petty larceny up to housebreaking or ventures on the highway, as matters in the regular course of business; and regarding the perpetrators in the light of so many customers coming to be served at the wholesale and retail shop of criminal law where he stood behind the counter; received Mr Brass's statement of facts with about as much interest and surprise, as an undertaker might evince if required to listen to a circumstantial account of the last illness of a person whom he was called in to wait upon professionally; and took Kit into custody with a decent indifference.
Let the advocates of a falsely called Philanthropy plead as they may for the abrogation of the Irregular Penal Laws, I for my part have never known an Irregular who was not also what Nature evidently intended him to be -- a hypocrite, a misanthropist, and, up to the limits of his power, a perpetrator of all manner of mischief.
No one can hope more fervently than I do that the perpetrator of these deeds will be found and punished.