Collocations with "perpetrate"

9 collocations found

perpetrate horrors

To carry out terrible, shocking acts.

horror7.2
perpetrate a massacre

a formal term for carrying out a massacre

massacre6.3
perpetrate an atrocity

A formal term for committing a crime or a violent or harmful act.

atrocity5.5
perpetrate a crime

a formal way to say commit a crime

crime5.5
perpetrate an outrage

A formal term for performing a shocking or cruel act.

outrage5.5
perpetrate a murder

to perform the act of killing someone intentionally

murder5.0
perpetrate a hoax

to commit or carry out a hoax (formal)

hoax4.5
perpetrate a deed

to commit a crime or a violent or harmful act

deed4.0
perpetrate excesses

A formal way to say 'commit excesses', usually referring to immoral or criminal acts.

excess3.0