How to Use perpetrate in a Sentence

perpetrate

verb
Definition of perpetratenext
Synonyms for perpetratenext
  • He vowed revenge for the crime perpetrated on his family.
  • That and the people that were perpetrating the con were the two things that were most interesting to me.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 8 May 2024
  • Yes, there had been a fraud, but it had been perpetrated by Warren and Le alone.
    — Francesca Mari, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Jones’ claims were that the dead children and their families were actors hired to perpetrate the hoax.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Both are charged with theft and using criminal tools to perpetrate the crime.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The data stolen in hacks is used by scammers to perpetrate their hoaxes.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Pastor Wright asked God to be with the victims of violence and those who perpetrate it.
    — Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020
  • It is still used to perpetrate state violence and clamp down on dissent.
    — Westen K Shilaho, Quartz Africa, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The abuse perpetrated by members of com groups is extreme.
    — Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The bad clans perpetrate more arson, more murders, as our heroes flee.
    — Stephanie Burt, The New Republic, 27 May 2021
  • Raines was felled, in large part, by the plagiarism and fraud perpetrated by a troubled young reporter, Jayson Blair.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Her book, which took her 20 years to write, recounts the seven years of rape perpetrated on her by her stepfather.
    — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Thousands were killed in the raid, which is known as the Benin Massacre in Nigeria and is remembered as one of the bloodiest episodes perpetrated by the British.
    — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 4 June 2023
  • What is more difficult to grasp is what kind of person can perpetrate such misery.
    — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The campaign, which is still in progress, was perpetrated by a pre-Kremlin group known as Doppelganger.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
  • There are a lot of people that use alcohol as a way to perpetrate violence.
    — Jennifer Maloney, WSJ, 15 May 2021
  • Some of the robberies in that pattern have been perpetrated through brute force outside or near clubs for jewelry and cash.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Their – their – their elements in – in Iraq and – and to some extent in Syria are perpetrating these attacks.
    — CBS News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Me Too has been about exposing the systemic horrors than men perpetrate.
    — Vulture, 10 Oct. 2022
  • No matter; once the hack was perpetrated, gigabytes of data were there for the taking.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2020
  • But never the less, Hollywood is doing its part to try to rid the industry of bad behavior and those who perpetrate it.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
  • And Belarus used its control over its airspace in order to perpetrate a state hijacking.
    — New York Times, 24 May 2021
  • According to the bulletin, the suspect had threatened to perpetrate a shooting at a military base in Saco, Maine.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Angry at yourself for falling for this ruse, angry at those who perpetrated this hoax, ask why and demand a price be paid.
    — For The Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
  • According to one study, more than two-thirds of these assaults are perpetrated by non-Natives.
    — David Treuer, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
  • To help perpetrate the attention, Berkowitz began leaving notes at the scenes of each shooting for detectives.
    — Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022
  • In what sense do these point to violence perpetrated by Black people?
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • When used to perpetrate a BIC attack, the impacts can be significant.
    — Oscar Frazier, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • The broad trends of rising autocracy and misogyny are largely perpetrated by men, however, who wield by far most of the power across the globe, and the fact that women have joined their cause does not alter the growing adversity that women face.
    — Linda Robinson, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2024
  • Biggie’s murder remains unsolved, but the mysteries that keep us talking about Reena’s untimely death don’t revolve around who perpetrated the violence against her.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2024

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