Vocabulary
Perpetrate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action).
Urdu meaning
ارتکاب کرنا، مرتکب ہونا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The UN`s struggles for relevance, meanwhile, might help to convince it of the follies it helped to perpetrate in 1948.
- Both are exclusionary ideologies, with their followers known to perpetrate unimaginable cruelty.
- The second category comprises all active militant groups claiming to perpetrate terrorism inside Pakistan in the name of religion.
- It underlines the patronage and protection extended to criminal elements, which perpetrate child abuse and trafficking, making minority girl children exceptionally vulnerable.
- The same T TP and its affiliates plan and perpetrate attacksin settled districts like Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan, in the former case directly targeting the army cantonment.
Synonyms
commit, carry out, perform, execute, do, effect, bring about, be guilty of, be to blame for
Antonyms
skimp, slight, slur
Curator example
“a crime has been perpetrated against a sovereign state”
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