Perpetrate
verb
To carry out or commit a harmful, illegal, or immoral action.
The group was convicted of perpetrating a series of hate crimes against minority communities.
Often appears as...
- perpetrate a crime
- perpetrate a fraud
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Formal
verb
To perform an act, usually with a negative connotation, in particular to make a false or deceptive statement.
The company was accused of perpetrating a massive fraud on their investors.
Often appears as...
- perpetrate a lie
- perpetrate a hoax
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Formal
Academic
verb
To carry out or commit a harmful, illegal, or immoral action.
The group was convicted of perpetrating a series of hate crimes against minority communities.
Often appears as...
- perpetrate a crime
- perpetrate a fraud
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To perform an act, usually with a negative connotation, in particular to make a false or deceptive statement.
The company was accused of perpetrating a massive fraud on their investors.
Often appears as...
- perpetrate a lie
- perpetrate a hoax
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Actions
Perpetrate refers to actions that are usually harmful and frowned upon by society.
He was found guilty of perpetrating an elaborate embezzlement scheme.
Pro Tip 2/3Legality
'Perpetrate' often indicates activities breaking the law or rules.
The official was jailed for perpetrating bribery and corruption.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious Tone
Use 'perpetrate' in contexts that are serious, often in legal or formal discussions.
The documentary highlighted the atrocities perpetrated during the war.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Actions
Perpetrate refers to actions that are usually harmful and frowned upon by society.
He was found guilty of perpetrating an elaborate embezzlement scheme.
Pro Tip 2/3Legality
'Perpetrate' often indicates activities breaking the law or rules.
The official was jailed for perpetrating bribery and corruption.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious Tone
Use 'perpetrate' in contexts that are serious, often in legal or formal discussions.
The documentary highlighted the atrocities perpetrated during the war.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Actions
Perpetrate refers to actions that are usually harmful and frowned upon by society.
He was found guilty of perpetrating an elaborate embezzlement scheme.
Pro Tip 2/3Legality
'Perpetrate' often indicates activities breaking the law or rules.
The official was jailed for perpetrating bribery and corruption.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious Tone
Use 'perpetrate' in contexts that are serious, often in legal or formal discussions.
The documentary highlighted the atrocities perpetrated during the war.
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How to support witnesses...
whether organizations could do something to improve the fact that they might report, they said, number one that they could do better was allowing for witness anonymity. Second was providing choices about who to report to. Perhaps shockingly, although managers are the most likely person to be perpetrating harassment or discrimination, in many organizations
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President Jimmy Carter...
horrible dictator in ethiopia so we go to people that cause problems that perpetrate human rights crimes or that create an unnecessary war and deal directly with them and try to induce them to be better behaviors and also of course my background I think in as you say the geek as aspect of life there's a
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Carne Ross: An...
and that presented me with a crisis. What was I going to do? This testimony was deeply critical of my colleagues, of my ministers, who had, in my view had perpetrated a war on a falsehood. And so I was in crisis. And this wasn't a pretty thing. I moaned about it, I hesitated,
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How porn changes the way...
Was it misogynist or was it empowering? And there was not one singular answer that emerged clearly. There was one longitudinal study that had me really worried, that showed that teenagers who saw pornography were subsequently more likely to perpetrate sexual violence.
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The lie that invented...
And notice I said, "What's up with us white people?" because right now, I'm not talking about those white people, the ones with the swastikas and the hoods and the tiki torches. They are a problem and a threat. They perpetrate most of the terrorism in our country,
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Jimmy Carter: Why I...
are perpetrated by the father, the uncle or the brother, but 25 percent of the murders are conducted by women. Another problem that we have in the world that relates to women particularly is slavery, or human trafficking it's called nowadays.
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How can education foster...
status quo they're not encouraged to think critically or creatively we're not actively fostering the values of ethics and empathy and so our societies are burdened by rampant corruption perpetrated by some of our educated
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Making data tangible PIPE...
wave and what this work tells us what this work shows is that it's a beacon to remind us that crimes against humanity are being perpetrated every second of every day and that the road to peace is long difficult and urgent
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Ugly History: The Khmer...
ruled Cambodia with an iron fist, perpetrating genocide that killed one fourth of the country’s population. Roughly 1 million Cambodians were executed as suspected political enemies or due to their ethnicities.
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Misha Glenny investigates...
And I couldn't help notice that the people who were perpetrating the appalling atrocities, the paramilitary organizations, were actually the same people running the organized criminal syndicates.
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How to support witnesses...
whether organizations could do something to improve the fact that they might report, they said, number one that they could do better was allowing for witness anonymity. Second was providing choices about who to report to. Perhaps shockingly, although managers are the most likely person to be perpetrating harassment or discrimination, in many organizations
Video examples
President Jimmy Carter...
horrible dictator in ethiopia so we go to people that cause problems that perpetrate human rights crimes or that create an unnecessary war and deal directly with them and try to induce them to be better behaviors and also of course my background I think in as you say the geek as aspect of life there's a
Video examples
Carne Ross: An...
and that presented me with a crisis. What was I going to do? This testimony was deeply critical of my colleagues, of my ministers, who had, in my view had perpetrated a war on a falsehood. And so I was in crisis. And this wasn't a pretty thing. I moaned about it, I hesitated,
Video examples
How porn changes the way...
Was it misogynist or was it empowering? And there was not one singular answer that emerged clearly. There was one longitudinal study that had me really worried, that showed that teenagers who saw pornography were subsequently more likely to perpetrate sexual violence.
Video examples
The lie that invented...
And notice I said, "What's up with us white people?" because right now, I'm not talking about those white people, the ones with the swastikas and the hoods and the tiki torches. They are a problem and a threat. They perpetrate most of the terrorism in our country,
Video examples
Jimmy Carter: Why I...
are perpetrated by the father, the uncle or the brother, but 25 percent of the murders are conducted by women. Another problem that we have in the world that relates to women particularly is slavery, or human trafficking it's called nowadays.
Video examples
How can education foster...
status quo they're not encouraged to think critically or creatively we're not actively fostering the values of ethics and empathy and so our societies are burdened by rampant corruption perpetrated by some of our educated
Video examples
Making data tangible PIPE...
wave and what this work tells us what this work shows is that it's a beacon to remind us that crimes against humanity are being perpetrated every second of every day and that the road to peace is long difficult and urgent
Video examples
Ugly History: The Khmer...
ruled Cambodia with an iron fist, perpetrating genocide that killed one fourth of the country’s population. Roughly 1 million Cambodians were executed as suspected political enemies or due to their ethnicities.
Video examples
Misha Glenny investigates...
And I couldn't help notice that the people who were perpetrating the appalling atrocities, the paramilitary organizations, were actually the same people running the organized criminal syndicates.
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Rachel Cusk
Canadian Novelist
The woman who thinks she can choose femininity, can toy with it like the social drinker toys with wine - well, she's asking for it, asking to be undone, devoured, asking to spend her life perpetrating a new fraud, manufacturing a new fake identity, only this time it's her equality that's fake.
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Justin Caldbeck
The power dynamic that exists in venture capital is despicably unfair. The gap of influence between male venture capitalists and female entrepreneurs is frightening, and I hate that my behavior played a role in perpetrating a gender-hostile environment.
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Jared Cohen
American Businessman
The number of people who believe in stopping violence in the world is wildly greater than those that want to perpetrate it. When everybody has a smartphone, the ability for people to actually do something about violence goes up significantly.
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Jock Sturges
American Photographer
What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a terrible, terrible degree - a devastating degree - is that their victims are real people who will suffer forever whatever abuses are perpetrated on them.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
I think if we wish to live in any kind of a moral universe, we must hold the perpetrators of violence responsible for the violence they perpetrate. It's very simple. The criminal is responsible for the crime.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
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Asma Jahangir
Pakistani Activist
Every fair-minded person holding a position of authority must support the few who have stood up against the injustice being perpetrated in the name of blasphemy.
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Yahya Jammeh
Politician
May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
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James Comey
American Public Servant
We have perpetrated a myth in our society that being brave means not being afraid, but that's wrong.
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Rob Walton
Canadian Athlete
The violence in society, I'm afraid, is perpetrated by the people at the top.
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Rachel Cusk
Canadian Novelist
The woman who thinks she can choose femininity, can toy with it like the social drinker toys with wine - well, she's asking for it, asking to be undone, devoured, asking to spend her life perpetrating a new fraud, manufacturing a new fake identity, only this time it's her equality that's fake.
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Justin Caldbeck
The power dynamic that exists in venture capital is despicably unfair. The gap of influence between male venture capitalists and female entrepreneurs is frightening, and I hate that my behavior played a role in perpetrating a gender-hostile environment.
Quote examples
Jared Cohen
American Businessman
The number of people who believe in stopping violence in the world is wildly greater than those that want to perpetrate it. When everybody has a smartphone, the ability for people to actually do something about violence goes up significantly.
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Jock Sturges
American Photographer
What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a terrible, terrible degree - a devastating degree - is that their victims are real people who will suffer forever whatever abuses are perpetrated on them.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
I think if we wish to live in any kind of a moral universe, we must hold the perpetrators of violence responsible for the violence they perpetrate. It's very simple. The criminal is responsible for the crime.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
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Asma Jahangir
Pakistani Activist
Every fair-minded person holding a position of authority must support the few who have stood up against the injustice being perpetrated in the name of blasphemy.
Quote examples
Yahya Jammeh
Politician
May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
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James Comey
American Public Servant
We have perpetrated a myth in our society that being brave means not being afraid, but that's wrong.
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Rob Walton
Canadian Athlete
The violence in society, I'm afraid, is perpetrated by the people at the top.
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