Past tense of perpetrate
regular verb
The past tense of perpetrate is perpetrated. The past participle is also perpetrated.
Forms of perpetrate
| Base form (V1) | perpetrate /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pəˌtɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | perpetrated |
| Past participle (V3) | perpetrated |
| Present participle | perpetrating |
| Third person singular | perpetrates |
Perpetrated in a sentence
- When thinking about Zohnerism, the impeachment perpetrated on our president by the Democrat-led Congress comes to mind.2020 January 17, Ed Liberatore, “Letter to the editor: Impeachment & misinterpretation of facts”, in The Tribune-Review. From the entry Zohnerism
- One commonplace theft was the snatch-and-run perpetrated around the central business area by boys or young men.1995, John C. Weaver, “The Enduring Circumstances of Violence and Theft”, in Crimes, Constables, and Courts: Order and Transgression in a…. From the entry snatch and run
- Piquerism, then, is usually perpetrated on others within some close physical proximity.1983 October 1, Ronald M. Holmes, The Sex Offender and the Criminal Justice System, Springfield: C. C. Thomas, →ISBN, →OL, page 150. From the entry piquerism
- A species of swindle that has been perpetrated times without number all over this country is the old gold-brick game.1906, Harry Houdini, The Right Way to Do Wrong, page 72. From the entry gold-brick
- You had to wonder whether he was thinking about some mischief he had just perpetrated or thinking about some new mischief he could get into.2004, Jud McLester, Thru a Pilot's Eye: Cold War Through Vietnam Era, page 222. From the entry devil in one's eyes
Meaning of perpetrate
- verb To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.
Questions about the past tense of perpetrate
- What is the past tense of perpetrate?
- The past tense of perpetrate is perpetrated.
- What is the past participle of perpetrate?
- The past participle of perpetrate is perpetrated.
- Is perpetrate a regular or irregular verb?
- Perpetrate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: perpetrate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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