What's the difference between 'perpetrate' and 'commit'?
commit a crime
perpetrate a crime

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commit a crime
perpetrate a crime
with "crime"these two words have  same meaning 
but commit also means to say officially that someone must go to prison,to say officially that someone must go to prison,etc.

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Both words have the meaning "to do a crime", but perpetrate is an academic word. Also, "commit" has several other meanings.