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Definition of: perpetrate
(pûr′pə·trāt) v.t. ·trat·ed, ·trat·ing
To do, perform, or commit (a crime, etc.). [<L perpetratus, pp. of perpetrare carry through <per- through + patrare effect]
—per′pe·tra′tion noun
—per′pe·tra′tor noun
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