perpetrate
verb (used with object)
to commit.
perpetrates
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present tense formof perpetrate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“When someone perpetrates wrongdoing, it is the fault of that person or those persons who did that,” she said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2020
While our counterattacks are reducing the number of casualties she perpetrates – malaria deaths in particular are declining rapidly – the mosquito remains the deadliest hunter of human beings on the planet.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2019
“I find myself in the position of a well-intentioned man. It’s difficult. And it’s always difficult if you’re not part of the community, but part of the community that perpetrates the actual action.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2017
Indeed, it is a modern trope: the loving family man who perpetrates acts of cruelty because he is just following orders.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2017
Man excels in the gift of reason, yet commits mistakes, and perpetrates crimes, which we look for in vain among the beasts of the field.
From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker
