[verb] [T] [formal] - to commit (a crime, or a violent or harmful act)In Britain, half of all violent crime is perpetrated by people who have been drinking alcohol.Three businessmen have been charged with perpetrating a massive insurance fraud.Federal soldiers have been accused of perpetrating atrocities against innocent people.
PERPETRATE
Meaning of PERPETRATE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012