Social life

Synonyms for perpetrate

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 4, High CampSocial life

perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

The gang planned to perpetrate a robbery before dawn.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

pull

Same sentence, swapped: The gang planned to pull a robbery before dawn.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for perpetrate as it is used in the sentence above.

forestall
laze
wreak

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stoopverbcondescenddebase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable wayHigh CampHas a reason line subvertverboverthrowcause the downfall ofHigh Camp suppressverbinhibitconsciously restrain from showingHigh Camp behaveverbcomportbehave well or properlyHigh CampHas a reason line improviseverbextemporizemanage in a makeshift waySummitHas a reason line issueverb, nounsupplycirculate or distribute or equip withFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line judgeverbtryput on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial ofFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line branchnounsubdivisiona division of some larger or more complex organizationHigh CampHas a reason line

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