perpetrate
verb (used with object)
to commit.
were 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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"That being that the defendants knew that they were perpetrating a lie, and so this goes right to the heart of that."
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2023
From Amit’s perspective, I don’t doubt we were perpetrating it.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2019
"A lot of African American, Latino, Asian students felt they were perpetrating a fraud," said MacDougall, who has been teaching in the university's agribusiness department for about two decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2018
Nobody seemed to grasp what a massive moral failure they were perpetrating.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2012
Black Hawk at last determined to put a stop to these aggressions upon his people, and accordingly gave notice to those who were perpetrating them, that they must remove, forthwith, from his village.
From Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk by Benjamin Drake
