'Perpetration' definitions:
Definition of 'perpetration'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of committing a crime [syn: perpetration, commission, committal]
Definition of 'Perpetration'
From: GCIDE
- Perpetration \Per`pe*tra"tion\, n. [L. perpetratio: cf. F. perp['e]tration.]
- 1. The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The thing perpetrated; an evil action. [1913 Webster]