PERPETRATE


Meaning of PERPETRATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɜ:(r)pɪtreɪt ]

( perpetrates, perpetrating, perpetrated)

If someone perpetrates a crime or any other immoral or harmful act, they do it. ( FORMAL )

A high proportion of crime in any country is perpetrated by young males in their teens and twenties...

= commit

VERB : V n

• per‧pe‧tra‧tion

...a very small minority who persist in the perpetration of these crimes.

N-SING : usu N of n

• per‧pe‧tra‧tor

(perpetrators)

The perpetrator of this crime must be traced.

N-COUNT

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