It is hard to conceive that anything could induce you to perpetrate an act so shocking, so impossible to reconcile to nature or reason.

Roderic's weakness now led him to perpetrate an act of cruelty, although it could scarcely be called unjust according to the ideas of the times.

O thou that art of righteous behaviour, it is exceedingly difficult for one that is of righteous behaviour to perpetrate an act that is unrighteous.

By perpetrating an act of adultery, the man only becomes stained with guilt.

By perpetrating an act of injustice, which would perpetuate agitation.

According to the criminal complaint, Mr Chauvin is accused of causing Mr Floyd's death "by perpetrating an act eminently dangerous to others".