Dictionary Entry
perpetrate
perpetrate is a 10-letter English word with 2 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed.
- 2verb
perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
"perpetrate a crime"
"pull a bank robbery"
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