PERPETRATE
Context examples
Some of these stood respectfully at a distance; but two of them, women, perpetrated the hostile act of clutching the master around the neck.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I had been the author of unalterable evils, and I lived in daily fear lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
On the first of these occasions, she perpetrated the attempt to burn me in my bed; on the second, she paid that ghastly visit to you.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
In a fit of anger, however, caused by some robberies which had been perpetrated in the house, he beat his native butler to death and narrowly escaped a capital sentence.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The police are of opinion that this outrage may have been perpetrated upon Miss Cushing by these youths, who owed her a grudge and who hoped to frighten her by sending her these relics of the dissecting-rooms.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Could they be perpetrated without being known, in a country like this, where social and literary intercourse is on such a footing, where every man is surrounded by a neighbourhood of voluntary spies, and where roads and newspapers lay everything open?
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The comic verse-writers and the cartoonists took hold of it with screaming laughter, and in the personal columns of society weeklies jokes were perpetrated on it to the effect that Charley Frensham told Archie Jennings, in confidence, that five lines of Ephemera would drive a man to beat a cripple, and that ten lines would send him to the bottom of the river.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Mr Elliot is a man without heart or conscience; a designing, wary, cold-blooded being, who thinks only of himself; whom for his own interest or ease, would be guilty of any cruelty, or any treachery, that could be perpetrated without risk of his general character.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Perhaps some new devilry of the gods was about to be perpetrated on him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
She paused, weeping, and then continued, I thought with horror, my sweet lady, that you should believe your Justine, whom your blessed aunt had so highly honoured, and whom you loved, was a creature capable of a crime which none but the devil himself could have perpetrated.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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You make it sound as if I'd perpetrated some crime against humanity.
On 20 November 2008, the Russian occupation forces stationed in Abkhazia, Georgia, perpetrated another provocation against Georgia.
Efforts must be stepped up to hold to account perpetrators of violence against women and provide justice to their victims.
To date, other collective efforts to bring perpetrators of violence against civilians to account have been glaringly inadequate.
Dowry demands when left unsatisfied, often translate into violence being perpetratedagainst the new wives by the husbands and his families.
One study suggested that the British media's portrayal of South Asian men as perpetrators of sexual violence against white victims is an example of a moral panic.
In Genesis 39, a rare Biblical instance of sexual harassment and assault perpetratedagainst a man by a woman can be found.
Marital rape is non - consensual penetration perpetratedagainst a spouse.
Globally, men's perpetration of intimate partner violence against women often stems from conceptions of masculinity and patriarchy.
In New Jersey, the story of the abuse perpetratedagainst the workers is distinguished from most such cases by the fact that the ensuing litigation was covered widely by the media.
The reluctance of police to charge perpetrators of violence against women has been discussed above.
Though often not recorded as crimes at the time, numerous crimes were perpetratedagainst Aboriginal Australians in New South Wales throughout the colonial period.
Some Croats, including politicians, have attempted to minimise the magnitude of the genocide perpetratedagainst Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia.
Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, had participated for years in debates on Internet forums and spoken against Islam and immigration.
Child pornography is the consequence of the exploitation or sexual abuse perpetratedagainst a child.
During their occupation of western Bengal, the Marathas perpetrated atrocities against the local population.
Rape is defined in most jurisdictions as sexual intercourse, or other forms of sexual penetration, committed by a perpetratoragainst a victim without their consent.
In a 2012 trial against the former BayernLB Chief Risk Officer Gerhard Gribkowsky, the public prosecutor accused Ecclestone of being a co - perpetrator in the case.
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 defines sexual offences in general, including those perpetratedagainst or by adults or children.
perpetrate
[ pur-pi-treyt ]
/ ˈpɜr pɪˌtreɪt /
verb (used with object),per·pe·trat·ed,per·pe·trat·ing.
to commit: to perpetrate a crime.
to present, execute, or do in a poor or tasteless manner: Who perpetrated this so-called comedy?
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Origin of perpetrate
1540–50; <Latin perpetrātus (past participle of perpetrāre to carry out, execute, perform), equivalent to per-per- + -petr- (combining form of patrāre to father, bring about; see pater) + -ā- theme vowel + -tus past participle suffix; see -ate1
OTHER WORDS FROM perpetrate
per·pe·tra·ble[pur-pi-truh-buhl], /ˈpɜr pɪ trə bəl/, adjectiveper·pe·tra·tion,nounper·pe·tra·tor,nounnon·per·pe·tra·tion,noun
un·per·pe·trat·ed,adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH perpetrate
perpetrate , perpetuateDictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Words related to perpetrate
commit, execute, carry out, wreak, inflict, pull, do, perform, effect, act, enact, bring about
How to use perpetrate in a sentence
Most of these acts of violence are perpetrated by intimate partners and family.
Domestic Abusers Use Tech That Connects As A Weapon During Coronavirus Lockdowns|LGBTQ-Editor|June 19, 2020|No Straight News
Going forward in our war against ISIS, sadly we will likely see more gruesome acts perpetrated by them against Americans.
ISIS’s Gruesome Muslim Death Toll|Dean Obeidallah|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kerry, in testimony before Congress, said Barfi had been the victim of an information operation perpetrated by ISIS itself.
Obama Administration and Sotloff Family Battle Over Blame for Journalist’s Kidnapping|Josh Rogin|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It reminded her of the slaughter that the Nazis perpetrated on her relatives in the Ukraine.
Mossad’s Greatest Female Assassin: An Excerpt From ‘Sylvia Rafael’|Ram Oren, Moti Kfir|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Surely it was intentional and perpetrated by Assad or ISIS or a still-unrecognized radical group.
Measles Vaccine Mix-Up Kills Dozens of Syrian Children|Kent Sepkowitz|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is the kind of inversion of history that conservatives attack when perpetrated by the left.
The Conservatives' Great Black Hope|Evan Gahr|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This horrid act was perpetrated by crushing their heads with two large stones, as they lay asleep on the ground.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
He was at the time envoy to Spain, and the deed was perpetrated by six exiled royalists there.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The mind of the kindly, shoregoing man cannot rightly conceive the monstrosities of cruelty which were perpetrated.
The Chequers|James Runciman
But the youth and inexperience of Riaro excused the enormity of a crime perpetrated under the sanction of the supreme pontiff.
Rule of the Monk|Giuseppe Garibaldi
The excesses perpetrated in the country it seems did not by any means divert the attention of the persecutors from Nismes.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
British Dictionary definitions for perpetrate
perpetrate
verb
(tr)to perform or be responsible for (a deception, crime, etc)
Derived forms of perpetrate
perpetration, nounperpetrator, nounWord Origin for perpetrate
C16: from Latin perpetrāre, from per- (thoroughly) + patrāre to perform, perhaps from pater father, leader in the performance of sacred rites
usage for perpetrate
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 English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Artem grabbed my hand and dragged me into the bathhouse. I tried to break free, but I couldn't. The rest of the guys went into the bathhouse after us. My dress was pulled off, and my bra and panties were torn in half. I tried to break free, but they held me tight.
Pronunciation perpetrated
Natasha pulled off my T-shirt and pressed her breasts to mine. How nice she is. Natasha's hands went down and pulled my pants down.
How to say \Small breasts have become much larger over the years, no wonder after two children. The neat pink nipples were swollen and just exuded undisguised sexuality. All this together looked damn feminine and attractive. Elena Nikolaevna rubbed her body with shower gel, smoothly sliding her hands, barely perceptibly squeezing her chest when her hands ran over it.
Her blue-gray eyes closed under the weight of enjoying the wonderful moment.
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