PERPETRATION Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

perpetration

noun

Definition of perpetration

as in execution

the doing of an action the perpetration of a series of pranks that resulted in an expulsion from school

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Recent Examples of perpetration What happens when the response to the horror of 9/11 becomes an arena for perpetration of further crimes, rather than the healing of wounds already inflicted? — Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026 Pipkins is charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder in perpetration of a kidnapping. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025 People around the world were decrying the perpetration of a genocide. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025 Increase recognition of problem behaviors that can lead to perpetration of behaviors. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Hobart Police forwarded charges of murder and murder in perpetration of a robbery to the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Sarah Kimani, Amnesty International’s media manager, told the AP in a January interview that the organization’s research documents summary executions, torture, abductions and rape by both government forces and the OLA.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
The idea matters, but anyone can have an idea; what matters most is the execution of that idea.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of execution

Noun

The policy provides a six-month implementation period after the bill becomes law, with an extra six-month grace period for businesses that can't implement the change until their next fiscal year or budget cycle begins.

— Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The new rules are part of the implementation of the GENIUS Act, which was signed into law last year and was meant to codify the rules and regulations around issuers of stablecoins.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of implementation

Noun

In stark contrast to these figures, the fulfillment of existing emissions reduction pledges would only yield a 5-to-8% emissions cut by 2030 and an 11-to-15% reduction by 2035, the report found.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Should inventory be staged closer to fulfillment centers or major retail distribution hubs?

— Tom Wicky, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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