perpetrate

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(pûr'pĭ-trāt') pronunciation
tr.v., -trat·ed, -trat·ing, -trates.
To be responsible for; commit: perpetrate a crime; perpetrate a practical joke.

[Latin perpetrāre, perpetrāt-, to accomplish : per-, per- + patrāre, to bring about (from pater, father).]

perpetration per'pe·tra'tion n.
perpetrator per'pe·tra'tor n.

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verb

    To be responsible for or guilty of (an error or crime): commit. Informal pull off. See do/not do, law.

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v

Definition: be responsible for
Antonyms: abstain

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To be guilty of doing.

pronunciation One of the big misapprehensions about mathematics that we perpetrate in our classrooms is that the teacher always seems to know the answer to any problem that is discussed. — James Harvey Robinson (1863-1936)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - begå

Nederlands (Dutch)
plegen, begaan

Français (French)
v. tr. - perpétrer, monter (un canular)

Deutsch (German)
v. - begehen, verüben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαπράττω

Italiano (Italian)
perpetrare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - perpetrar

Русский (Russian)
совершать, учинять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - perpetrar, cometer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - begå, föröva

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
做, 胡说, 犯

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 做, 胡說, 犯

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (나쁜 일.과오 따위를) 범하다, 저지르다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 犯す, しでかす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يرتكب جريمه, يقترف ذنبا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ביצע, עשה, עבר עבירה‬


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