Perpetration

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  perpetration
       n : the act of committing a crime [syn: {commission}, {committal}]