perpetration
Americannoun
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"What we're looking at is the perpetration of a massive injustice," says Dr Michael Lambert, a leading expert in homes for unmarried mothers.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
The two men were charged at a Berlin court with two counts of “joint perpetration of especially serious treason,” prosecutors said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
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 ● Feb. 14, 2023
In the series of tweets, the center referred to Walker as “a leader in the field of perpetration prevention research.”
From Washington Times ● May 15, 2022
Sir Thomas, according to his own account, hindered the perpetration of this violence, and gave his enemy and those who accompanied him "a pass and safe-conduct to their own houses."
From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by John Willcock
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