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Verb: perpetrate  'pur-pi`treyt
  1. Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
    "perpetrate a crime"
    - commit, pull

Derived forms: perpetrates, perpetrated, perpetrating

See also: perpetration, perpetrator

Type of: act, move

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