Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. People also ask

  2. to commit a crime or a violent or harmful act: In this country, half of all violent crime is perpetrated by people who have been drinking alcohol. Federal soldiers have been accused of perpetrating atrocities against innocent people. Synonym. commit. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Obeying & breaking the law.

  3. The meaning of PERPETRATE is to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit. How to use perpetrate in a sentence.

  4. to present, execute, or do in a poor or tasteless manner: Who perpetrated this so-called comedy? perpetrate. / ˈpɜːpɪˌtreɪt / verb. tr to perform or be responsible for (a deception, crime, etc)

  5. verb. If someone perpetrates a crime or any other immoral or harmful act, they do it. [formal] A high proportion of crime in any country is perpetrated by young males. [VERB noun] Tremendous wrongs were being perpetrated on the poorest and least privileged human beings. [beV -ed on/against n]

  6. It's possible to perpetrate a good deed, but not likely. That's because perpetrate means to commit or be responsible for somethingusually something mischievous or bad.

  7. All you need to know about "PERPETRATE" in one place: definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  8. to commit a crime or do something wrong or evil. They believed that a crime had been perpetrated against them. They were victims of a fraud being perpetrated on companies in search of cash to help them ride the recession.

  1. People also search for