English dictionary

perpetrate

/'p/[@]/rp/I/,tr/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

verb.social

Examples
Perpetrate a crime.

Synonyms commit pull

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <i>perpetrate</i> a foul deed.

verb

Source: webster1913