perpetrate
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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.’
From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025
State Department officers have also been instructed to spot individuals "who advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists and other threats to national security; or who perpetrate unlawful antisemitic harassment or violence".
From BBC • Aug. 22, 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
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