perpetrate
verb (used with object)
to commit.
have perpetrated
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present perfectof perpetrate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But the whistleblowers claim the US authorities have perpetrated “a colossal fraud on this court by falsely denying” that the whistleblowers provided “previously unknown, damning evidence”.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024
“And I say to all those who have perpetrated these crimes and to their superiors who are complicit in these crimes, you will be held to account,” she said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
“You have perpetrated an egregious wrong on a good and decent man and have harmed him in the process,” read the letter penned by Skip Miller of Miller Barondess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
And I think part of it is also complicated by the fact that many of the people who have perpetrated these crimes suffer from mental illness.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2021
Because mankind, though they have perpetrated many follies, have, at least, recognized that this was a remedy utterly impossible.
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by A. F. Warburton
