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perpetrateper‧pe‧trate /ˈpɜːpətreɪt $ ˈpɜːr-/ verb [transitive] formal perpetrateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin past participle of perpetrare ‘to achieve something’ VERB TABLEperpetrate |
Present | I, you, we, they | perpetrate | | he, she, it | perpetrates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | perpetrated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have perpetrated | | he, she, it | has perpetrated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had perpetrated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will perpetrate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have perpetrated |
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Present | I | am perpetrating | | he, she, it | is perpetrating | | you, we, they | are perpetrating | Past | I, he, she, it | was perpetrating | | you, we, they | were perpetrating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been perpetrating | | he, she, it | has been perpetrating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been perpetrating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be perpetrating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been perpetrating |
- an extremist group that had perpetrated bombings and other acts of terror
- A bluff she had perpetrated mainly on herself to give herself the strength to go on living.
- Another element is the continuing presence of organized white supremacists in our society and the violence they perpetrate.
- He was merely perpetrating that deprivation.
- Most such attempts, it concluded, are actually perpetrated by authorised users, and can usually be covered by existing law.
- That was what made Feeley innocent, no matter what outrages he perpetrated.
- The kinds of attack perpetrated by women seldom use deadly force.
- The rumor was that I had invented him to perpetrate a hoax and had actually written the books myself.
► perpetrate excesses formal (=commit them)· Government forces used the situation as an excuse to perpetrate excesses against suspected rebels. NOUN► crime· Somehow she seemed too gentle, too vague to perpetrate such a brutal crime. ► fraud· The commonwealth, Dalzell believed, had perpetrated a fraud on the federal court; the commonwealth had swapped evidence.· Wilson said the Justice Department believes it has now caught everyone involved in perpetrating the fraud. to do something that is morally wrong or illegal → commit: Who could have perpetrated such a dreadful crime?—perpetration /ˌpɜːpəˈtreɪʃən $ ˌpɜːr-/ noun [uncountable] |