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
Meanwhile, prosecutors argued for a longer prison term, saying that the airman had "perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history".
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
The court said the government had failed to show that any person from the seven countries had perpetrated a terrorist attack in the United States.
From Reuters ● Feb. 9, 2017
So I felt betrayed and foolish when he admitted he had perpetrated an elaborate deception.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2013
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
