Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. The thing perpetrated; an evil action.

Source : WordNet®

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