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perpetrate

perpetrate -trat·ed -trat·ing : to carry out or bring about (as a crime) per·pe·tra·tion [pər-pə-trā-shən] n per·pe·tra·tor [pər-pə-trā-tər] n

Perpetrable

Capable of being perpetrated

Perpetration

The act of perpetrating a doing commonly used of doing something wrong as a crime

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Perpetrate

commonly in a bad sense to commit as a crime an offense to be guilty of as to perpetrate a foul deed

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statutory rape

age (as 14 years) specified by statute NOTE: Many state statutes also specify a minimum age of the perpetrator or an age differential (as at least four years) between the perpetrator and the victim. Consent of the

Public policy

Board, (1997) 1 WLC 443. Public policy, demands that where fraud might have been contemplated but was not perpetrated, the defendants should not be allowed to perpetrate a new fraud. If the illegality of the transaction is

murder

a murder that is the result of an act which is dangerous to others and shows that the perpetrator has a depraved mind and no regard for human life NOTE: Depraved-heart murder is usually considered second- or

identity

or accused [character evidence of a suspect's past crimes may be admitted to prove the of a crime's perpetrator]

battery

giving consent ;broadly : forced or coerced contact with the sexual parts of either the victim or the perpetrator see also rape NOTE: This is a broad definition of the offense. The specific elements of this crime

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