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1. (v.t.) perpetrate
to carry out; enact; commit:
to perpetrate a hoax.
Etymology: (1540–50; < L perpetrātus, ptp. of perpetrāre=per-per - +-petrāre, comb. form of patrāre to father, bring about, der. of paterfather ; see -ate1)
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1. (verb) perpetrate, commit, pull
perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
"perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
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1. (verb) perpetrate
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
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