perpetrating in English

verb

1

carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action).

a crime has been perpetrated against a sovereign state

synonyms: commit, carry out, perform, execute, do, effect, bring about, accomplish, be guilty of, be to blame for, be responsible for, inflict, wreak, pull off, effectuate

verb

• commit, carry out, perform, execute, do, effect, bring about, accomplish, be guilty of, be to blame for, be responsible for, inflict, wreak, pull off, effectuate
• commit, pull

Use "perpetrating" in a sentence

1. 15 He was merely perpetrating that deprivation.

2. In perpetrating his crafty acts, the great Adversary has behind him millenniums of experience.

3. Information Society Technologies (ISTs) can be and are being used for perpetrating and facilitating various criminal activities.

4. Matheny says that, when the numbers are adjusted, Davis' argument shows veganism as perpetrating the least harm.

5. Biphobia can range from invalidating the legitimacy of bisexuality as a real sexual orientation, stereotyping bisexual people, to perpetrating physical and sexual violence against them

6. It is soul-numbing to see men in such roles and certainly no less so when women are the ones perpetrating and suffering the violence.

7. But Birthers weren't and aren't making a legal argument about Obama; they were disputing the facts about where he was born and accusing him of perpetrating a massive fraud

8. The External Affairs Minister during her address to the 71st United Nations General Assembly in New York, on 26 September 2016 highlighted the egregious abuses that Pakistan is perpetrating in its own country, including in Balochistan.

9. The same penalties shall be imposed on anyone perpetrating the acts referred to in the aforegoing paragraph for the purpose of enabling a person or persons to have sexual relations with minors under the age of 18.

10. At that session, the Assembly condemned the military attack perpetrated against the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on 15 April 1986; called upon the Government of the United States of America to refrain from the threat or use of force in the settlement of disputes and differences with the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; called upon all States to refrain from extending any assistance or facilities for perpetrating acts of aggression against the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; affirmed the right of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to receive appropriate compensation for the material and human losses inflicted upon it; requested the Security Council to remain seized of the matter; and requested the Secretary-General to report thereon to the Assembly at its forty-second session (resolution 41/38).