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• past tense form of perpetrate.
• past participle of perpetrate.

perpetrated

American  

[pur-pi-trey-tid] / ˈpɜr pɪˌtreɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. (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.

2. (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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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of perpetrate.

Other Word Forms

• unperpetrated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of perpetrated

perpetrate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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perpetrated

Press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders, which had a representative in court, wrote on social media that the trial "revives hope that justice will finally be served for a crime perpetrated nearly nine years ago".

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 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

The article leaves room for debate about whether Platner actually perpetrated the worst offenses, which he denies, and whether those offenses should be disqualifying for a Senate candidate.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

On May 1, Instructure said it had “experienced a cybersecurity incident perpetrated by a criminal threat actor. We are actively investigating this incident with the help of outside forensics experts.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

To Michael Burry, the subprime mortgage market looked increasingly like a fraud perpetrated by a handful of subprime bond trading desks.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Related Words

• carry out
• commit
• execute
• inflict
• wreak