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perpetration

American  
[pur-puh-tray-shuhn] / ˌpɜr pəˈtreɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act of perpetrating a crime or other offensive act.


Example Sentences

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She described the prosecution's claim of double indirect perpetration in the murder charge as "experimental".

From BBC

The two men were charged at a Berlin court with two counts of “joint perpetration of especially serious treason,” prosecutors said.

From Seattle Times

To distance herself from that perpetration and the identity she had formed from it, Ensler chose to go by the mononym V. As she explains in her new book, “V is my freedom name.”

From Washington Post

It will also recommend how the city will issue a formal apology to the “people of Boston for the perpetration of gross human rights violations and crimes against humanity on African slaves and their descendants.”

From Seattle Times

In the series of tweets, the center referred to Walker as “a leader in the field of perpetration prevention research.”

From Washington Times