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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PER'PETRATE, v.t. [L. perpetro; per and patro, to go through, to finish.] To do; to commit; to perform; in an ill sense, that is, always used to express an evil act; as, to perpetrate a crime or an evil design.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-trated; -trating) Etymology: Latin perpetratus, past participle of perpetrare, from per- through + patrare to accomplish, from pater father — more at father Date: 1537 1. to bring about or carry out (as a crime or deception) ; commit 2. to produce, perform, or execute (something likened to a crime) <perpetrate a pun> • perpetration noun • perpetrator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. commit or perform (a crime, blunder, or anything outrageous). Derivatives: perpetration n. perpetrator n. Etymology: L perpetrare perpetrat- (as PER-, patrare effect)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Perpetrate 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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 • 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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Do (as something base), commit, perform, execute, be guilty of.

Moby Thesaurus

accomplish, achieve, be responsible for, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, carry out, carry through, commit, do, do to, effect, effectuate, execute, go and do, inflict, make, pay, perform, produce, pull, pull off, realize, render, take and do, up and do, wreak