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Perpetrate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Perpetrate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

"perpetrate a crime"

"pull a bank robbery"

2

To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
act
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
make recommit
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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