perpetration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of committing a crime
    commission; committal.

WordNet

Per`pe*tra"tion noun
Etymology
L. perpetratio: cf. F. perpétration.
Definitions
  1. The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime.
  2. The thing perpetrated; an evil action.

Webster 1913