Meaning & use

perpetrating

verb·Advanced

Carrying out or committing an illegal, harmful, or immoral act.

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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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