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Definition of perpetration - 3 dictionary results

per⋅pe⋅trate

  [pur-pi-treyt]
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–verb (used with object), -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing.
1. to commit: to perpetrate a crime.
2. to present, execute, or do in a poor or tasteless manner: Who perpetrated this so-called comedy?
Origin:
1540–50; < L perpetrātus (ptp. of perpetrāre to carry out, execute, perform), equiv. to per- per- + -petr- (comb. form of patrāre to father, bring about; see pater ) + -ā- theme vowel + -tus ptp. suffix; see -ate 1

Related forms:
per⋅pe⋅tra⋅ble  [pur-pi-truh-buhl] , adjective
per⋅pe⋅tra⋅tion, noun
per⋅pe⋅tra⋅tor, noun
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per·pe·trate   (pûr'pĭ-trāt')   
tr.v.   per·pe·trat·ed, per·pe·trat·ing, per·pe·trates
To be responsible for; commit: perpetrate a crime; perpetrate a practical joke.

[Latin perpetrāre, perpetrāt-, to accomplish : per-, per- + patrāre, to bring about (from pater, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots).]
per'pe·tra'tion n., per'pe·tra'tor n.
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Perpetration

Per`pe*tra"tion\, n. [L. perpetratio: cf. F. perp['e]tration.]

1. The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime.

2. The thing perpetrated; an evil action.
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