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perpetrated
[pur-pi-trey-tid]
adjective
(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.
(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.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of perpetrate.
Other Word Forms
- unperpetrated adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of perpetrated1
Example Sentences
After all, the vast majority of domestic extremist attacks have been perpetrated by individuals professing right-wing ideologies.
In a statement, the embassy said: "That such an act of violence should be perpetrated on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, in a place of prayer and community, is abhorrent and deeply distressing."
They described his body as "riddled" with bullets in a post on X, calling it a "state crime, perpetrated under the orders of Daniel Noboa."
The president also said that climate change was “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion.”
According to Findley's indictment, when the case made national headlines, she falsely claimed to Ms Keough's attorneys that a Nigerian identity thief had perpetrated the scheme.
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