Among this number was our author, who witnessed the subjugation of the cannibal tribes of the Cauca, the foundation of several so-called cities, and the perpetration of much cruelty.
This was re-echoed by his friends, who pledged themselves by the most solemn oaths not to abandon him in the perpetration of the outrage which they had concerted.
It is a bill to dazzle the wicked with a prospect of security, and to incite them to purchase an indemnity for one crime, by the perpetration of another.
Since the perpetration of this deed of blood I have not known an hour’s peace, save in the madness of the intoxicating cup.
Twm’s remorse and terror on the perpetration of his first crime.
His passions on the previous day had betrayed him fatally, through the dark machinations of the conspirator, and the strange fascinations of his lovely daughter, into the perpetration of a great crime.
No one in these days, knowing and repenting of the crime, would hesitate a moment, or fancy himself bound, because he had committed one vile sin in pledging himself thus to guilt, to rush on deeper yet into the perpetration of wickedness.
It is a sad fact that the perpetration of those acts is not confined to that class of people which might be called the rabble.
The ministers of the law themselves are too often desperadoes and engaged in the perpetration of the very crime they are sent forth to prohibit or to punish.
Several associations were formed under the specious (97) name of a new college, which banded together for the perpetration of all kinds of villany.
Being elated with his great success in the perpetration of crimes, he declared, "that no prince before himself ever knew the extent of his power.
They were not, and that night was to witness theperpetration of a melancholy outrage, such as the history of the time presents no parallel to.
Could I not find a better agent for the perpetration of wickedness than Rammius, whom I had never seen before, nor had any probability of ever seeing again?
She had purloined the key of the recess; and he, unfortunately too late to prevent the perpetration of the crime, had by mere accident discovered the abstraction of the poison.
Here were men unquestionably assembled for illegal purposes--for theperpetration of crime--for the shedding of human blood.
The doing of mischief is contrary to the law of nature, and hence, according to the definition of Blackstone himself, the perpetration of it is not an exercise of any natural right.
There can be no injustice to the prisoners in thus restricting the examination, as any authority for the perpetration of the acts charged in the indictment, founded upon the Act of 1820, will be equally available to them.
As this oath did not pledge those who refused to take the other to the perpetration of any specific crime, it was readily taken by all present.
The assassin, who is thirty-five years of age, was a native of Billwaerder, and previously to the perpetration of the murder, had always borne an irreproachable character.
The influence of remorse, or of those terrible emotions which accrue to the murderer on the perpetration of the foul deed, in causing hallucinations, is well known.
KID-ON, to entice, or incite a person on to the perpetration of an act.
STALL OFF, to blind, excuse, hide, to screen a robbery during the perpetration of it by an accomplice.
This applieth to the things forbidden by an absolute prohibition and of which the perpetration is a grave sin; they are so vile that even to mention them is shameful.
Let us take refuge in God against the perpetration of so shameful a thing, which is the destruction of the foundations of humanity and which causeth a perpetual unhappiness.
Keane, indeed, did save him from the perpetration of one folly.
Some of the crew were determined to leave the ship provided she touched at Fannings Island, and we believe had concerted a plan of escape, but of which the perpetration of a deed chilling to humanity, precluded the necessity.
Only twenty-two days had elapsed after the perpetration of the massacre on board the ship, when with all his sins upon his head, he was hurried into eternity!
Increase of education and scientific skill not only confers superior facilities for the successful perpetration of crime, but also for its concealment.
They are thus largely interested, not in the prevention and discovery of crime, but in its perpetration and concealment.
It has often been said that the same amount of ingenuity, thought, care and planning, which is bestowed by criminals upon the perpetration of felony, if directed properly upon some legitimate business would render them successful and rich.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "perpetration" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
