perpetrate
verb (used with object)
to commit.
has been perpetrating
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present perfect progressiveof perpetrate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“There is no research to confirm the Lisak statistic, studies that dispute it, and more than sufficient evidence that Lisak has been perpetrating a fraud,” LeFauve said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2021
He has been perpetrating a great and palpable wrong, which, if rightly represented, must have the effect of leading men, in exactly the old mode, to arouse themselves in behalf of the corresponding right.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by John Davidson
