How to Use perpetrate in a Sentence

perpetrate

verb

• The men were planning to perpetrate a robbery.
• The attack was perpetrated by a street gang.
• He vowed revenge for the crime perpetrated on his family.
• Yes, there had been a fraud, but it had been perpetrated by Warren and Le alone.
  — Francesca Mari, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2020
• Jones’ claims were that the dead children and their families were actors hired to perpetrate the hoax.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2022
• Both are charged with theft and using criminal tools to perpetrate the crime.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 15 Oct. 2020
• The data stolen in hacks is used by scammers to perpetrate their hoaxes.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2020
• Pastor Wright asked God to be with the victims of violence and those who perpetrate it.
  — Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• It is still used to perpetrate state violence and clamp down on dissent.
  — Westen K Shilaho, Quartz Africa, 7 Dec. 2020
• The abuse perpetrated by members of com groups is extreme.
  — Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
• The bad clans perpetrate more arson, more murders, as our heroes flee.
  — Stephanie Burt, The New Republic, 27 May 2021
• Raines was felled, in large part, by the plagiarism and fraud perpetrated by a troubled young reporter, Jayson Blair.
  — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Her book, which took her 20 years to write, recounts the seven years of rape perpetrated on her by her stepfather.
  — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Thousands were killed in the raid, which is known as the Benin Massacre in Nigeria and is remembered as one of the bloodiest episodes perpetrated by the British.
  — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 4 June 2023
• What is more difficult to grasp is what kind of person can perpetrate such misery.
  — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
• The campaign, which is still in progress, was perpetrated by a pre-Kremlin group known as Doppelganger.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
• There are a lot of people that use alcohol as a way to perpetrate violence.
  — Jennifer Maloney, WSJ, 15 May 2021
• Some of the robberies in that pattern have been perpetrated through brute force outside or near clubs for jewelry and cash.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2023
• Their – their – their elements in – in Iraq and – and to some extent in Syria are perpetrating these attacks.
  — CBS News, 29 Oct. 2023
• Me Too has been about exposing the systemic horrors than men perpetrate.
  — Vulture, 10 Oct. 2022
• But never the less, Hollywood is doing its part to try to rid the industry of bad behavior and those who perpetrate it.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
• And Belarus used its control over its airspace in order to perpetrate a state hijacking.
  — New York Times, 24 May 2021
• According to the bulletin, the suspect had threatened to perpetrate a shooting at a military base in Saco, Maine.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
• To help perpetrate the attention, Berkowitz began leaving notes at the scenes of each shooting for detectives.
  — Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022
• In what sense do these point to violence perpetrated by Black people?
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• When used to perpetrate a BIC attack, the impacts can be significant.
  — Oscar Frazier, Forbes, 17 May 2021
• Third, the site includes a glossary that describes an array of scams that fraudsters are perpetrating in the crypto market.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
• And with regard to that, people who perpetrate mass shootings are searching for answers, meaning in life.
  — CBS News, 12 June 2022
• Gun control The deadly mass shooting perpetrated by a suspect in Maine this week hasn't changed Johnson's mind on gun control.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2023
• And the men have to face their unresolved past, as well as being on opposite sides of justice thanks to a murder perpetrated by Silva’s son.
  — Elaina Patton, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024