commit an act

Frequency: 7.511.2 per million words

To do something illegal or wrong.

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Examples (10)

  • He was charged with committing an act of gross indecency.
  • Anyone who knowingly helps a terrorist commit an act of violence is also guilty.
  • To betray your country is to commit an act of treason.
  • Driven by desperation, he committed an act of theft.
  • She felt she had committed a terrible act by lying to her best friend.
  • If you commit an act of vandalism, you will face severe consequences.
  • The law clearly defines what it means to commit an act of fraud.
  • Running away from the scene was committing an act of pure cowardice.
  • The corporation was found guilty of committing several acts of financial misconduct.
  • Why would anyone commit such a senseless act of cruelty?