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accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out, commit, compass, do, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), make, negotiate, perform, prosecute, pull off, put through
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The level of violence these far-right groups inflict has been persistent over time, but studies show that the media gave terrorist acts perpetrated by Muslims 350% more coverage than violence committed by other terrorists. — Joe Sexton, ProPublica, "He Spent Years Infiltrating White Supremacist Groups. Here’s What He Has to Say About What’s Going on Now.," 30 Aug. 2019 But police now say the whole thing was a hoax perpetrated by Dani’s owner. — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, "‘All a Hoax’: Person Who Claimed to Rescue Dog With Slit Throat Was Actually Owner, Police Allege," 28 Aug. 2019 Which brings me to the uniquely American epidemic of gun violence, particularly that perpetrated by white supremacists and other far-right terrorists. — Catherine Rampell, The Denver Post, "Rampell: What are Republicans afraid of?," 6 Aug. 2019 That bill was introduced in the wake of the church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, perpetrated by a gunman who had a domestic violence conviction while in the Air Force. — Brian Bennett, Time, "'Let's Call Wayne.' Inside the White House Discussions on Guns," 23 Aug. 2019 That global warming is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese. — Washington Post, "Trump amplifies conspiracy theories from perch of presidency," 13 Aug. 2019 The Capital One hack was allegedly perpetrated by Paige Thompson, a 33-year-old Seattle resident. — Kristina Libby, Popular Mechanics, "The Capital One Hack Probably Put Your Data on the Dark Web," 30 July 2019 Other crimes against humanity were perpetrated several months after the war ended, in the presence of human-rights workers and U.N. peacekeepers. — Maggie Calt, Harper's magazine, "Brutal from the Beginning," 22 July 2019 Slavery was abolished in 1865, but many injustices were perpetrated during the post-1865 Jim Crow period and beyond. — Rhoda E. Howard-hassmann, Quartz, "Why Japanese-Americans received reparations and African-Americans are still waiting," 19 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'perpetrate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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