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Definition of Perpetration
1. Noun. The act of committing a crime.
Generic synonyms: Crime, Criminal Offence, Criminal Offense, Law-breaking, Offence, Offense
Derivative terms: Commit, Commit, Perpetrate
Definition of Perpetration
1. n. The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime.
Definition of Perpetration
1. Noun. The act of perpetrating ¹
2. Noun. Something (such as a crime) that is perpetrated ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perpetration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perpetration
Literary usage of Perpetration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1904)
"14, 1876, i 17, providing that murder which shall be committed In the perpetration
of, or attempt to perpetrate, robbery shall be deemed murder in the first ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1889)
"Murder committed in the perpetration of arson, rape or burglary, is, under the
penal code of this State, murder in the first degree; the malice in such ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"The corpus delicti was proved, it is true, but the only circumstance connecting
the defendant with the perpetration of the offense was the possession of ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"In a bad or evil sense: doing (often with "of), perpetration, commitment (rare),
committal (obs.). commonplace, a. everyday, common, ordinary, hackneyed, ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1899)
"... at any moment of time, and at any place, subsequent to the perpetration of
the crime, and previous to his examination before the magistrate, ..."
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