- perpetration
- noun see perpetrate
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
perpetration
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perpétration — [ pɛrpetrasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1532, repris 1829; lat. chrét. perpetratio ♦ Dr. ou littér. Accomplissement (d un crime, d un forfait). La perpétration du délit. ● perpétration nom féminin (latin ecclésiastique perpetratio, onis, accomplissement)… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
perpetration — index act (undertaking), commission (act), course, discharge (performance), infliction, performance … Law dictionary
PERPÉTRATION — n. f. Achèvement, accomplissement. Il ne s’emploie guère que dans cette locution : La perpétration d’un crime … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
perpétration — (pèr pé tra sion) s. f. Action de perpétrer. La perpétration d un crime. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. perpetrationem, de perpetrare, perpétrer … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
perpetration — perpetrate ► VERB ▪ carry out or commit (a bad or illegal action). DERIVATIVES perpetration noun perpetrator noun. ORIGIN Latin perpetrare perform … English terms dictionary
perpetration of felony — The commission of a felony. Under the usual statutory provision that homicide committed in the perpetration of a felony is murder in the first degree, where the homicide is committed within the res gestae of the felony charged, it is committed in … Ballentine's law dictionary
perpetration — See perpetrate. * * * … Universalium
perpetration — noun a) The act of perpetrating b) Something (such as a crime) that is perpetrated … Wiktionary
perpetration — per·pe·tra·tion || ‚pÉœrpɪ treɪʃn /‚pÉœËp n. act of committing an illegal act, act of carrying out a crime … English contemporary dictionary
