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perpetrate

[pur-pi-trayt] / ˈpɜr pɪˌtreɪt /


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Amodei’s main concern, he wrote in the letter, was the risk of authoritarian governments catching up with the U.S. in AI “to achieve permanent military superiority or perpetrate incredibly deep repression of their own people.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

On Friday, media regulator Roskomnadzor announced it was considering fully banning WhatsApp, accusing it of being a vessel to perpetrate "crime".

From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025

“The powers of government must never again perpetrate an injustice against any group based solely on ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025

“The sportsbooks themselves are victims in this case. They themselves did not perpetrate anything unlawful,” said Joseph Nocella Jr., the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025

What was interesting about this little insight was that I could see the army had a point, but it still seemed like a sneaky trick to perpetrate on all those simple country folk.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff

In a letter to lawmakers, the group said violence is “outside the bounds of legitimate political discourse regardless of who perpetrates it.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021

And Hruska, bless his heart, leans into the job with an earnestness that belies the act of deceitfulness he perpetrates with each press of the touch screen.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2020

“When someone perpetrates wrongdoing, it is the fault of that person or those persons who did that,” she said.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2020

Climbing artist and illustrator, Phil Gibson, is also surprisingly dismissive of the project offering, What a pity that Mr Armitage has chosen to carve his scroll across the rocks that he perpetrates to covet.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2012

No, he avoids all human sight, he perpetrates his deed in secrecy, and all that we can do is to seek to penetrate the mystery by such means as are at our disposal.’

From The Queen Against Owen by Allen Upward

The relevant ICJ case this week concerns Gambia’s claim that Myanmar perpetrated genocide against its Rohingya minority from 2016 to 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Galeano — who previously worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press in Nicaragua — believed he had a responsibility to call out what he saw as injustices perpetrated by the government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Women's Aid says there are many misconceptions about domestic abuse, external, including that it is only perpetrated by "bad people" rather than being a reflection of sexism in wider society.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Due to the gravity of the offenses, the location where they were perpetrated, and the fact that he was already out on two separate bonds, Poland initially set his new bond at $1.25 million.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

“CBS program of last evening was most abominable hoax ever perpetrated on the American public.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

In those early days of television, it became the biggest show in the country, and certain people hovering around those who were perpetrating these witch hunts had a lingering, profound effect on the nation’s future.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

The state Attorney General’s office in Florida, where RAD is based, is separately investigating the firm for perpetrating what it described as an apparent “Ponzi scheme,” citing complaints from investors.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

While Marissa and Peter pivot between rage and not-quite-mourning, and other characters are perpetrating cooked-up complications to the story, Alcaras conducts an investigation that is so commonsensical it defies the rules of crime fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025

“Plaintiffs bring this suit to stop Defendants from perpetrating their anticompetitive scheme and to recover billions in damages,” according to the lawsuit filed in U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025

These detectives admitted to hiding in closets and under beds, posing as ANC members, perpetrating virtually any deception that would enable them to get information about our organization.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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