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Word: Perpetrate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Latin perpetrat- ‘performed’, from the verb perpetrare, from per- ‘to completion’ + patrare ‘bring about’. In Latin the act perpetrated might be good or bad; in English the verb was first used in the statutes referring to crime, hence the negative association
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpəːpɪtreɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action)
Short Definition:carry out or commit
Examples:- a crime has been perpetrated against a sovereign state
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