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
"I don't know—perhaps; I was exasperated at the outrage they were perpetrating in the name of law."
From Burnham Breaker by Homer Greene
