perpetrate

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de commettre ou d'exécuter un acte nuisible, illégal ou moralement répréhensible.

A verb used to indicate the act of carrying out or committing a harmful, illegal, or immoral action.

1. Commit a harmful actB2formal

   To carry out or be responsible for an action, typically a harmful, illegal, or immoral one.

   Commetre un acte nuisible

   • The police are investigating who perpetrated the robbery.
   • He was accused of perpetrating a cruel hoax on his colleagues.
   • The company perpetrated a fraud against its investors.

   Synonymescarry outcommitdoeffectenactexecuteperformpull off

   Antonymesavertavoiddeterforestallpreventstop