(~s, perpetrating, ~d)
If someone ~s a crime or any other immoral or harmful act, they do it. (FORMAL)
A high proportion of crime in any country is ~d by young males in their teens and twenties...
= commit
VERB: V n
perpetration
...a very small minority who persist in the perpetration of these crimes.
N-SING: usu N of n
perpetrator (perpetrators)
The perpetrator of this crime must be traced.
N-COUNT