perpetrated

Example Sentences

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He said that Mr Lynch had "not only perpetrated an enormous fraud, but lied about it at every stage".

From BBC

Members of the groups are also suspected to be behind attacks perpetrated earlier this year on Marks & Spencer and other U.K. retailers, including posh department store Harrods.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The country has witnessed a heinous terror incident, perpetrated by anti-national forces, through a car explosion near the Red Fort", a cabinet statement read, after a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

From Barron's

"This 'climate change' - it's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world," he told the UN General Assembly in September.

From BBC

Speaking at the UN in September, the US president said that climate change was "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world", and refuted the use of renewable energy.

From BBC