{i} one who commits an illegal act, one who carries out a crime; transgressor, criminal
The entity from the external environment that is taken to be the cause of a risk An entity in the external environment that performs an attack, i e hacker
The person who has been determined to have caused or knowingly allowed the maltreatment of the child
If someone perpetrates a crime or any other immoral or harmful act, they do it. A high proportion of crime in any country is perpetrated by young males in their teens and twenties = commit + perpetration per·pe·tra·tion a very small minority who persist in the perpetration of these crimes. + perpetrator perpetrators per·pe·tra·tor The perpetrator of this crime must be traced. to do something that is morally wrong or illegal commit (past participle of perpetrare )
To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed
[ 'p&r-p&-"trAt ] (transitive verb.) 1537. Latin perpetratus, past participle of perpetrare, from per- through + patrare to accomplish, from pater father; more at FATHER.