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perpetrated
[ pur-pi-trey-tid ]
adjective
- (of a crime, injustice, hoax, prank, etc.) committed or carried out:
I concluded that the entire argument for the war might be not only dubious, but a deliberately perpetrated sham.
- (of something tasteless, false, poorly executed, etc.) presented, made, performed, etc.:
This piece of unholy perpetrated music is a self-portrait of the artist as a maniac, without a trace of beauty in it.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of perpetrate ( def ).
Other Word Forms
- ܲ···ٰ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of perpetrated1
Example Sentences
He said: "We will not only reach those who have perpetrated this incident but also those who, sitting behind the scenes, have conspired to commit such acts on the soil of India."
In recent weeks, details of physical and sex abuse perpetrated over decades at Bétharram in the Pyrenees have drawn increasing attention to Bayrou, who was local MP and education minister at the time.
"We will not only reach those who have perpetrated this incident but also those who, sitting behind the scenes, have conspired to commit such acts on the soil of India."
He said “this epidemic denial has become a feature in the mainstream media and it’s based on an industry canard” perpetrated by “people who don’t want us to look at environmental exposures.”
As a crime fiction fan, Ritter has a sweet tooth for the unsolved and seemingly unsolvable mystery, perpetrated by a criminal who is also a shape-shifter of sorts.
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