Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - perpetrate

 transitive verb  (-trated; -trating)  Etymology: Latin perpetratus, past participle of perpetrare, from per- through + patrare to accomplish, from pater father — more at father  Date: 1537  1. to bring about or carry out (as a crime or deception) ; commit  2. to produce, perform, or execute (something likened to a crime) ~ a pun  • perpetration noun  • perpetrator noun