Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perpetration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. The thing perpetrated; an evil action.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perpetration
n : the act of committing a crime [syn: {commission}, {committal}]
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