1) Action 2) Commitment 1) Commission 2) Committal 3) Crime 4) Law-breaking 5) The act of committing a crime 
• (n.) The thing perpetrated; an evil action. • (n.) The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime.
Per`pe·tra'tion noun [ Latin perpetratio : confer French perpétration .] 1. The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime. 2. The thing perpetrated; an evil action. 
[n] - the act of committing a crime
perpetration The act of committing a crime.
noun the act of committing a crime