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PERPETRATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perpetration mean?
• PERPETRATION (noun)
The noun PERPETRATION has 1 sense:
1. the act of committing a crime
Familiarity information: PERPETRATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of committing a crime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
commission; committal; perpetration
Hypernyms ("perpetration" is a kind of...):
crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Derivation:
perpetrate (perform an act, usually with a negative connotation)
Context examples
Jim Hall believed that the judge knew all about it and was hand in glove with the police in the perpetration of the monstrous injustice.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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