to commit

Examples

• All

• The real question is did Trump commit a campaign crime?

  Megyn Kelly

• The committee concluded that Simpson had committed misconduct and suspended him from the register for two years.

  Academic text (2011)

• I mean, have you ever actually committed a crime before?

  Sleuth (1972)

• So soon people can get arrested for committing crimes on the moon.

  The Late Late Show with James Corden

• Under oath, your client admitted to committing the crime.

  I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

• After all, much crime is committed and misdeeds are committed by adults in society.

  Academic text (2015)

• The court found him guilty of the crime he had committed last year.

• After the investigation, she was accused of having committed fraud.

• Many people believe it is wrong to commit acts of violence for any reason.

Synonyms

P

to perpetrate

vsto commit

85 8.4

To do a harmful or illegal act

focuses more on acts regarded as wrong or illegal rather than moral wrongs

C

to commit crime

vsto commit

48 2.5

To do something against the law

is broader and applies to wrong acts beyond purely criminal ones

D

to do the crime

vsto commit

10 5.4

To break the law

is broader and covers carrying out wrongdoing not only criminal acts

Antonyms

R

to refrain

87 4.2

Choose not to do something you want to do

Phrasal Verbs

C

to commit suicide

• NSFW

232 6.2

To kill yourself on purpose

C

to commit murder

• NSFW

60 5.4

To kill someone illegally

C

to commit crime

48 2.5

To do something against the law

Compounds

P

pre-commit

• Specialized

7.1

A script that automatically checks code before it is added to a project's files

How Serious

law-breaking

4 3.7

to commit

∞ 3.3

to offend

524 2.8

to misbehave

37 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology