Webster's English Dictionary

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perpetrate

per.pe.trate \'p*r-p*-.tra-t\ \.p*r-p*-'tra--sh*n\ \'p*r-p*-.tra-t-*r\ vt 
   [L perpetratus, pp. of perpetrare, fr. per- through + patr]are to 
   accomplish 1: to be guilty of : COMMIT  2: to carry through : PERFORM  - 
   per.pe.tra.tion n