perpetrate
verb (used with object)
to commit.
had perpetrated
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past perfectof perpetrate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Months later, he filed a lawsuit alleging defamation and said CNN had perpetrated “a deliberate scheme to defraud its own audience.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Background: Hindenburg Research, a short seller that has made a name for itself taking on S.P.A.C.s and crypto firms, had said that Adani Group had perpetrated “the largest con in corporate history.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
I liked these people who had perpetrated one of the greatest ecological catastrophes the world’s oceans have ever seen.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2022
The hackers said in digital messages shared by Elliptic that they had perpetrated the attack for fun and that it was always the plan to return the tokens.
From Reuters ● Aug. 13, 2021
It was Carl’s heart that was now in question, whether he wanted to redress a wrong his own mother had perpetrated.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
