as in to perform
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the anonymity of the Web allows pranksters to perpetrate their hoaxes with impunity
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Recent Examples of perpetrate
The violence perpetrated by working-class white men was in response to America’s first Army draft, which forced men to join the Union Army during the Civil War.
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Jay Mwamba, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Germany has seen a spate of recent attacks perpetrated by migrants that has catapulted the issue to the center of the election campaign.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
On the one hand, beset by violence perpetrated by guerrillas, the state, sicarios, drug traffickers and the like, the country’s filmmakers have turned to a gritty, oft-bleak naturalism where death guides stories.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
For example, most instances of child identity theft are perpetrated by a family member or someone else the child knows.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Jay Mwamba, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Germany has seen a spate of recent attacks perpetrated by migrants that has catapulted the issue to the center of the election campaign.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
On the one hand, beset by violence perpetrated by guerrillas, the state, sicarios, drug traffickers and the like, the country’s filmmakers have turned to a gritty, oft-bleak naturalism where death guides stories.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
For example, most instances of child identity theft are perpetrated by a family member or someone else the child knows.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrate
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Other performances were more obviously cathartic, such as the aptly named ‘Emergency Concert’ performed by Treppenhaus Quartet from Germany.—
Anna Haines,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Elsewhere Thursday morning on Wall Street, KBW downgraded Goldman Sachs to market perform from outperform .—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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This results in a situation where all the major decisions and ideas come directly from the leader, and the team is there just to execute the executive’s orders.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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His role was to judge who had executed the best guest bedroom makeover — Christina and her design team or her competition: her first ex-husband Tarek El Moussa, 43, and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa, 37.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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The service will aim to fulfill the original mission of Fubo.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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Running a bed and breakfast fulfills a long-time dream of hers.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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High earning Gen Z consider a strong work-life balance to be a firm signifier of wealth and 41 percent are aspiring to achieve that in the next two years.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
26 Feb. 2025
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Many people incorporated these medications into their New Year’s resolutions to achieve weight loss goals.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Brown revealed her new platinum blonde ‘do at the start of the month, before giving her locks their red carpet debut at Sunday’s 2025 SAG Awards.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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The extraditions were done at the request of the U.S. government as President Donald Trump’s tariff deadline looms.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article GLENDALE, Ariz. — Noah Schultz made the journey from the bullpen to the mound for the top of the fifth inning Wednesday against the San Diego Padres.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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But Dylan Mulvaney, as usual, is making the most of the moment.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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The real question is not whether AI can improve communication but whether organizations will implement it in a way that enhances authenticity rather than stifling it.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Companies are required to send out a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice before implementing mass layoffs.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Hamilton is confident that Ferrari is committed to inclusion.—
Sean Gregory / London and Maranello,
TIME,
27 Feb. 2025
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We are committed to sourcing only the highest-quality raw materials available.—
Sofia Celeste,
WWD,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Perpetrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrate. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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