Timeline for What is the difference between "carry out a crime" and "commit a crime"

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Jan 21, 2013 at 17:11	comment	added	Jon Hanna		Indeed. After all, I've an answer myself that suggests a preference for committed as bare sentences (though in the context of a larger piece, the other may serve better).
Jan 21, 2013 at 17:06	comment	added	ICoffeeConsumer		@Jon Hanna I see. But what you pointed out only bolsters my answer (that "committed" is a better choice). "Carried out" is more ambiguous.
Jan 21, 2013 at 1:13	comment	added	Jon Hanna		No it doesn't. It suggests a prior plan (though suggests rather than necessarily entails), but has no connotation of the plan being of another person. Certainly we would use that to describe such an arrangement ("The godfather ordered the murder, and the hitman carried it out"), but we would also use it of a self-decided plan ("despite planning the robbery for weeks, he made many mistakes when carrying it out"), or just plain ("the attack was carried out in broad daylight") were the connotation of planning is present but not explicit.
Jan 21, 2013 at 0:27	history	answered	ICoffeeConsumer	CC BY-SA 3.0