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- pronunciation:
- puhr
p
treIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
perpetrates, perpetrating, perpetrated |
| definition 1: |
to commit or carry out (a crime, act of mischief, or the like).
He perpetrated several frauds.
- synonyms:
- commit
- similar words:
- carry out, do, effect, execute, mastermind, perform
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| definition 2: |
to be guilty of (an act or the result of an act).
- similar words:
- commit, do
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| related words: |
inflict, visit |
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| derivations: |
perpetration (n.), perpetrator (n.) |
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