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| Main Entry: |
perpetrate
 [pur-pi-treyt] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be responsible for |
| Synonyms: | act, bring about, carry out, commit, do, effect, enact, execute, inflict, perform, pull, up and do, wreak |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform an action |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, complete, contravene, do, effectuate, enact, execute, go for broke, go in for, go out for, offend, perpetrate, pull, pull off, scandalize, sin, transgress, trespass, violate, wreak |
| Antonyms: | cease, desist, end, idle, loaf, rest, stop, wait |
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Example Sentences
- What follies electorates perpetrate can be offset in future elections.
- They belong in prison for the fraud they've tried to perpetrate.
- Perhaps that was the sponsors' fiendish intent: to perpetrate the ultimate blurring of the line between advertising and content.
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