perpetrate
pur puh trayt
- v perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
perpetrate a crime
- His relationship skills helped him perpetrate a $500 million pyramid scheme but couldn't save him from the consequences: a 12-year sentence in federal prison.
- Even if redemption awaits Jamal, the violence he and Salim witness, or perpetrate, is as gritty as that in the Brazilian urban classic City of God (2002).
- And we will be merciless when it comes to dealing with terrorism and those who perpetrate it.