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Definition of Perpetrated
1. perpetrate [v] - See also: perpetrate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perpetrated
Literary usage of Perpetrated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Is murder, when perpetrated by a person engaged in the commission of a felony.
The defendant was so engaged, as is shown by his own testimony. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"... the agent 117 US himself, or the person for whom he is really acting, and the
principal. * » » The fraud could not be perpetrated by the agent alone. ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... was perpetrated by James Hogg, the «Ettrick Shepherd,» whose original paper
was greatly enlarged and modified by Wilson and Lockhart, and who himself ..."
4. A History of the Commonwealth of Florence: From the Earliest Independence of by Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1865)
"... the Neapolitans and the French—Rout of the Italians— Horrible atrocities
perpetrated by the French—Dishonest representation of a French historian—Effect ..."
5. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"The villainous action was perpetrated by a negro fellow belonging to the family,
who some time before had been corrected by his master. ..."
6. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"... no acts of offensive war been perpetrated by Robertson and his colonists,
except in defence of themselves and their families. Under these circumstances ..."
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