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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
perpetrate .
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Examples
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I thought about the myths that everyone who is complicit in the success of Big Agriculture -- from the Con Agras and the Smithfields of the world on down to the meat market manager who claims his products are local when they're clearly not, just to make a sale -- perpetrates on average folks who are just trying to eat well.
Elissa Altman: The Real L Word Elissa Altman 2010
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I thought about the myths that everyone who is complicit in the success of Big Agriculture -- from the Con Agras and the Smithfields of the world on down to the meat market manager who claims his products are local when they're clearly not, just to make a sale -- perpetrates on average folks who are just trying to eat well.
Elissa Altman: The Real L Word Elissa Altman 2010
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J Street perpetrates the myth that Israel, and specifically Israel's settlements, are the center of most if not all woes in the region.
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The media often perpetrates a size 2 swimsuit model size as the ideal image of beauty for women.
Debbie Hines: Limbaugh Thinks Women Should Be Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Thin Debbie Hines 2011
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I'm not interested in playing Rapelay, but I cannot accept that distinguishing between any games where one perpetrates violent crimes is anything other than morally relativist hyprocrisy.
My Last Word On Rapelay SVGL 2009
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If you multiply the number of illegal immigrants incarcerated at this time, and assume that the sample was relatively representative, by the number of crimes each perpetrates on average, the total is approximately 1.3 million crimes.
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Surprisingly, it is the hero, Soren, who perpetrates most of the blood letting of which the movie is unexpectedly soaked in.
Kathleen Osborn: The Winged Warriors of Ga'Hoole: Owl Movie Is a Sobering Elixir in 3-D Kathleen Osborn 2010
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That perpetrates a digital divide whereby folks in wealthy neighborhoods get fiber to the home (private lines!) while those in rural [...]
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Surprisingly, it is the hero, Soren, who perpetrates most of the blood letting of which the movie is unexpectedly soaked in.
Kathleen Osborn: The Winged Warriors of Ga'Hoole: Owl Movie Is a Sobering Elixir in 3-D Kathleen Osborn 2010
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The media often perpetrates a size 2 swimsuit model size as the ideal image of beauty for women.
Debbie Hines: Limbaugh Thinks Women Should Be Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Thin Debbie Hines 2011
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