Definitions for: Perpetrate

[v] perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"

Webster (1913) Definition: Per"pe*trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perpetrated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Perpetrating.] [L. perpetratus, p. p. of
perpetrare to effect, perpetrare; per + patrare to perform.]
To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a
bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty
of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed.

What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. --Young.

Synonyms: commit, pull

See Also: act, make, move, recommit

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