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
Last week, following a complaint submitted to Brazilian authorities by the March 30 Movement, a judge issued an order for police to investigate possible crimes perpetrated by an Israeli soldier there on vacation.
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Annie Hylton, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
And we're very sharply focused as an agency on dealing with that threat, supporting the FBI in the New Orleans case, where, as the FBI has said publicly, their belief is that the man who perpetrated that horrific act was inspired by ISIS but operated alone.
—Ashley Brown, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Previous allegations Goins had previously been accused in 1999 of medical child abuse perpetrated on her son, according to the warrants in the current case involving her granddaughter.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2025
De Niro plays George Mullen, a former U.S. president in charge of the commission attempting to determine who perpetrated a deadly cyberattack against the United States.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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Annie Hylton, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
And we're very sharply focused as an agency on dealing with that threat, supporting the FBI in the New Orleans case, where, as the FBI has said publicly, their belief is that the man who perpetrated that horrific act was inspired by ISIS but operated alone.
—Ashley Brown, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Previous allegations Goins had previously been accused in 1999 of medical child abuse perpetrated on her son, according to the warrants in the current case involving her granddaughter.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2025
De Niro plays George Mullen, a former U.S. president in charge of the commission attempting to determine who perpetrated a deadly cyberattack against the United States.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrate
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Documents state that the city won the federal grant in April 2023, and Sacramento’s Office of Innovation and Economic Development began soliciting environmental consultants to perform the work in September 2024, almost a year and a half later.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Jan. 2025
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Trenitalia performed well in the booking experience, reliability and traveler experience categories.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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There was a tiny cell, its walls painted deep red and carved with graffiti, where prisoners who were to be executed were kept.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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The mission went forward, was executed flawlessly, and Walton was returned to safety.—
Daniel Klaidman,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Parents and school boards have broad discretion to fulfill that important responsibility.—
Kiara Alfonseca,
ABC News,
25 Jan. 2025
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The bookstore’s popularity has allowed Lewis, who is a longtime practitioner in the field of Afrocentric mental health, to fulfill a dream.—
Tony Perrottet,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2025
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Such talk of bipartisanship is nice, only the new law won't help achieve those goals.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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And in Europe, grid operators are obliged to achieve 70% cross-zonal capacity by 2025, with varying success.—
Elena Bou,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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So what exactly has Trump and his administration done around immigration?—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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So, if customers won’t directly tell brands what’s wrong, what can those brands do to remedy the situation?—
Tom Lewis,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Such cases bring home the importance of mutually respectful communication when making such requests.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The officials will help Trump run the Pentagon as his nominees for top roles make their way through Congressional confirmation.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
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The White House has scaled back some of the loftier promises on tariffs from the campaign, but Trump has also made threats to implement 25% tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico, which would impact all kinds of products throughout the economy.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Jan. 2025
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Some people already live in these areas, but only because their buildings went up before the restrictive zoning currently in place was implemented in the mid-20th century.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Kyle Kuzma and Jordan Poole are their best offensive options and backup center Jonas Valanciunas and forward Corey Kispert their only other veterans, Washington fully committed to the future.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Ulbricht, 40, had been serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole since 2015, after he was convicted in federal court on seven charges that included distributing narcotics and conspiring to commit computer hacking.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Perpetrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrate. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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