verb
- committing or carrying out (a harmful, illegal, or immoral act)
Usage: present participle of perpetrate
Examples
- The detective was investigating who was perpetrating the fraud.
- They caught him perpetrating vandalism in the park.
- The company was accused of perpetrating environmental crimes.
- She was perpetrating a hoax on social media.
- The gang was perpetrating robberies throughout the city.
- He denied perpetrating any wrongdoing.