Meaning & use
perpetrating
Carrying out or committing an illegal, harmful, or immoral act.
See it in a sentence
Investigators discovered who had been perpetrating the fraud for over a decade.
The film explores the psychology of ordinary people perpetrating extraordinary cruelty in wartime.
A note on using this word
"Perpetrating" almost always describes wrongdoing; it would sound odd applied to a good deed.
Words with a similar meaning
committingcarrying out
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