- past participle of perpetrate.
- past tense form of perpetrate.
perpetrated
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(of a crime, injustice, hoax, prank, etc.) committed or carried out.
I concluded that the entire argument for the war might be not only dubious, but a deliberately perpetrated sham.
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(of something tasteless, false, poorly executed, etc.) presented, made, performed, etc..
This piece of unholy perpetrated music is a self-portrait of the artist as a maniac, without a trace of beauty in it.
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Due to the gravity of the offenses, the location where they were perpetrated, and the fact that he was already out on two separate bonds, Poland initially set his new bond at $1.25 million.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
Telcom-focused scams like the ones perpetrated by Outsider have blown up over the past year, according to the threat-intelligence firm WMC Global.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
But George told AFP it is "unlikely" the gym shooting was perpetrated by Iranian government agents.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
He’s in a talkative mood, focusing on what I imagine is his favorite theme: the injustices perpetrated against him by everyone else, all the time.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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