- past tense form of perpetrate.
- past participle of perpetrate.
perpetrated
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Instead, Campbell had been the victim of deception perpetrated by her co-trustee, Bianka Hellmich, who was disqualified from being a charity trustee for nine years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The pandemic-era posts from El-Sayed did not celebrate the tragedy or the terrorists who perpetrated the attacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Due to the gravity of the offenses, the location where they were perpetrated, and the fact that he was already out on two separate bonds, Poland initially set his new bond at $1.25 million.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
On May 1, Instructure said it had “experienced a cybersecurity incident perpetrated by a criminal threat actor. We are actively investigating this incident with the help of outside forensics experts.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
From the United States: “The entire world sat back aghast. Nothing like the theft of the Mona Lisa had ever been perpetrated before in the world’s history.”
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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