perpetrate[verb]Synonyms: commit, carry out, do, enact, execute, perform, wreak
Related Idioms: up and do
Related Words: effect,
inflict,
wreak [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
per‧pe‧trate /ˈpɜːpətreɪt, ˈpɜːpɪtreɪt $ ˈpɜːr-/
verb [transitive] formal[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of perpetrare 'to achieve something']
to do something that is morally wrong or illegal ⇒
commit:
Who could have perpetrated such a dreadful crime?—perpetration /ˌpɜːpəˈtreɪʃən, ˌpɜːpɪˈtreɪʃən $ ˌpɜːr-/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲