perpetrate
verb (used with object)
to commit.
was perpetrating
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past progressiveof perpetrate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The Attorney General’s office in Florida, where RAD is based, have said the firm was perpetrating an apparent “Ponzi scheme,” citing complaints from investors.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
Mr Radstone asked her whether she thought she acted dishonestly or believed TQ Tickets Ltd was "perpetrating a fraud".
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2024
While the RSC was perpetrating this performative gesture, why didn’t it also propose requiring lobsters to grow on trees?
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2022
I pointed out that it’s unlikely she’d have gotten in touch with me if she was perpetrating a crime.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2021
She had expected something from the spontaneous sympathy of the outside world; who, whatever their opinion about her father, would stir themselves to prevent such an outrage upon justice as that which Wiggins was perpetrating.
From The Living Link by James De Mille
