perpetrate

Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pull commit make work effect force making give produce cause complete create act engineer carry out
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Antonyms

miss economy start destroy delay conservation
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Hypernyms

move act

Hyponyms

make recommit

Related terms

perpetrator perpetration

Derivatives

perpetrated perpetrating

Examples

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. Martin Luther King Jr.

It is not only the prisoners who grow coarse and hardened from corporeal punishment, but those as well who perpetrate the act or are present to witness it. Anton Chekhov

Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it-whole-heartedly-and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings. Arthur Quiller-Couch

Poverty is restriction and as such, it is the greatest injustice you can perpetrate upon yourself. Stuart Wilde

As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities. Desmond Tutu

Peace can be a cover whereby evil men can perpetrate diabolical wrongs. John Foster Dulles

Close letter words and terms

perpession perpet perpetrable perpetration perpetrator perpetratress