Perpetrate

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  • transitive verb. To be responsible for; commit.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To do execute, or perform; commit: generally in a bad sense: as, to perpetrate a crime.
  • To produce, as something execrable or shocking; perform (something) in an execrable or shocking way: as, to perpetrate a pun.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
    • Word Usage
    "What a comment on our culture when people "perpetrate" themselves in order to claim victimhod."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    act  move  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    make  recommit  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accomplish  achieve  be responsible for  bring about  bring off  
    verb-form
    perpetrated  perpetrates  perpetrating  
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