perpetrate

English

Etymology

From Middle English perpetrat (“committed, perteptrated”), from Latin perpetrātus, past participle of perpetrare (“to carry through”), from per (“through”) + patrare (“to perform”), akin to potis (“able”), potens (“powerful”); see potent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pə.ˌtɹeɪt/

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Verb

perpetrate (third-person singular simple present perpetrates, present participle perpetrating, simple past and past participle perpetrated)

1. (transitive) To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.

   perpetrate a murder

Related terms

• perpetration
• perpetrator

Translations

to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit — see also commit

• Bulgarian: извършвам (bg) (izvǎršvam)
• Catalan: perpetrar (ca)
• Czech: páchat
• Danish: begå
• Dutch: begaan (nl)
• Finnish: tehdä (fi) (+ accusative), syyllistyä (fi) (+ illative), suorittaa (fi)
• French: perpétrer (fr), commettre (fr)
• Georgian: ჩაიდენს (čaidens)
• German: begehen (de), verüben (de)
• Hungarian: elkövet (hu)
• Icelandic: fremja
• Italian: perpetrare (it)
• Polish: popełniać (pl) impf, popełnić (pl) pf, dopuszczać się (pl) impf, dopuścić się (pl) pf
• Portuguese: perpetrar (pt)
• Romanian: comite (ro)
• Russian: совершать (ru) impf (soveršatʹ), соверши́ть (ru) pf (soveršítʹ)
• Spanish: perpetrar (es)
• Ukrainian: вчиня́ти impf (včynjáty), вчини́ти pf (včynýty)

Further reading

• “perpetrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “perpetrate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

perpetrate

1. inflection of perpetrare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

perpetrate f pl

1. feminine plural of perpetrato

Latin

Verb

perpetrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of perpetrō

Spanish

Verb

perpetrate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of perpetrar combined with te