perpetrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
    commit; pull.
    • perpetrate a crime
    • pull a bank robbery

WordNet

Per"pe*trate transitive verb
Etymology
L. perpetratus, p.p. of perpetrare to effect, perpetrare; per + patrare to perform.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Perpetrated ; present participle & verbal noun Perpetrating
Definitions
  1. 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.
    What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. Young.

Webster 1913