perpetration

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

perpetration
    n 1: the act of committing a crime [syn: {perpetration},
         {commission}, {committal}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Perpetration \Per`pe*tra"tion\, n. [L. perpetratio: cf. F.
   perp['e]tration.]
   1. The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of
      doing something wrong, as a crime.
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   2. The thing perpetrated; an evil action.
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