Perpetration

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of perpetrating countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of committing a crime wordnet
  3. 3
    Something (such as a crime) that is perpetrated countable, uncountable

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accomplishmentachievementadministrationcommissioncommittalcompletion

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"The Daily Telegraph remarked that in the history of crime there had seldom been a tragedy which presented stranger features. The German name of the victim, the absence of all other motive, and the sinister inscription on the wall, all pointed to its perpetration by political refugees and revolutionists."

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