perpetrate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

   Perpetrate a crime.

2. 2
   verb

   To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.

   Perpetrate a murder.

From Middle English perpetrat (“committed, perpetrated”), from Latin perpetrātus, past participle of perpetrare (“to carry through”), from per (“through”) + patrare (“to perform”), akin to potis (“able”), potens (“powerful”); see potent.

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