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perpetrate

[pur-pi-treyt] / ˈpɜr pɪˌtreɪt /


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Israel has only executed two people in its history - one of them the infamous Nazi official Adolf Eichmann, who played an important role in perpetrating the Holocaust.

From BBC

But George told AFP it is "unlikely" the gym shooting was perpetrated by Iranian government agents.

From Barron's

Having suppressed its military for years in an attempt to atone for the horrors it perpetrated, can Germany fulfil its newfound ambition to become Europe's preeminent military power?

From BBC

Chalamet's comments may have been misjudged, but his crimes are pretty low-level in comparison with some of the wrongdoing that's been perpetrated in Hollywood over the years.

From BBC

"We were there very quickly after the deed had been perpetrated," Robertson says.

From BBC