Perpetrate

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To be responsible for; commit: perpetrate a crime; perpetrate a practical joke.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To do execute, or perform; commit: generally in a bad sense: as, to perpetrate a crime.
  • To produce, as something execrable or shocking; perform (something) in an execrable or shocking way: as, to perpetrate a pun.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
    • Verb Form
    perpetrated    perpetrates    perpetrating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    act    move   
    Hyponym
    recommit    make   
    Form
    perpetrated    perpetrating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    commit    dot   
     
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