Definition for Perpetration:

• the act of committing a crime

Synonyms for Perpetration:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • perpetration,
  • commission,
  • committal.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • crime,
  • law-breaking.

Paraphrases for Perpetration:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    commission, implementation, occurrence, realization, committee, offence, execution.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Committing, Perpetrating, perpetuation, infliction, accomplishment, fulfilment.

Antonyms for Perpetration:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    nonperformance, Nonfulfillment.

Perpetration Sentence Examples:

• Most dreadful of all, she invented romantic phrases and expressions assumed to have been spoken or written by Hedrick in reference to his unhappiness; and she repeated them so persistently, yet always with such apparent sincerity of belief that they were quotations from him, and not her inventions, that the driven youth knew a fear, sometimes, that the horrid things were actually of his own perpetration.

• The injustice and tyranny of the act was only equaled by the cowardly and brutal manner of its perpetration.

Hyponym for Perpetration:

• n.

  • act
    law-breaking, crime, criminal offense, criminal offence.