perpetrate
/ˈpɜːpɪtreɪt/verb
with obj.
- carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action)实施（有害或不道德的行动）; 犯（罪）：
a crime has been perpetrated against a sovereign state.
对一个主权国家犯下了罪行。
派生词
perpetration
nounperpetrator
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin perpetrat- 'performed', from the verb perpetrare, from per-'to completion' + patrare 'bring about'. In Latin the act perpetrated might be good or bad; in English the verb was first used in the statutes referring to crime, hence the negative association.