What atrocities do we not perpetrate in the name of culture and refinement!
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Perpetrate
//ˈpɜː(ɹ).pəˌtɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "perpetrate" (29 found)
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Related words (14)
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7 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- извършвам verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Catalan
1 entries- perpetrar verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Czech
1 entries- páchat verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Danish
1 entries- begå verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Dutch
1 entries- begaan verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Finnish
3 entries- suorittaa verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
- syyllistyä verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
- tehdä verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
French
2 entries- commettre verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
- perpétrer verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Georgian
1 entries- ჩაიდენს verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
German
2 entries- begehen verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
- verüben verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Hungarian
1 entries- elkövet verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Icelandic
1 entries- fremja verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Italian
1 entries- perpetrare verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Polish
4 entries- dopuszczać się verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
- dopuścić się verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
- popełniać verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
- popełnić verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Portuguese
1 entries- perpetrar verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Romanian
1 entries- comite verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Russian
2 entries- совершать verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
- соверши́ть verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Spanish
1 entries- perpetrar verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Swedish
1 entries- begå verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Turkish
1 entries- işlemek verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Ukrainian
2 entries- вчини́ти verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
- вчиня́ти verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Welsh
1 entries- cyflawni verb (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
"Any delay in arresting the assassin," I observed, "might give him time to perpetrate some fresh atrocity."
Source: tatoeba (6310177)
The government will not fold its arms and allow miscreants and criminals to continue to perpetrate these acts of hooliganism.
Source: tatoeba (12056617)
perpetrate a murder
Source: wiktionary
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