impunity
Example Sentences
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Over the past year, the Epstein files have metastasized into a defining symbol of elite impunity.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
The TRRC, which heard harrowing testimony from victims, former security operatives and other witnesses, also called for reparations to be paid to the victims, warning that failure to act risked entrenching impunity.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
"They must not be allowed to act with impunity."
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
However, someone who has amassed a vast fortune, especially through entrepreneurial skill, Mr. McGinnis argues, has greater freedom to act with impunity or champion unpopular causes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
That was the period when divine good humor and the hidden forces of human nature acted with impunity to provoke a state of emergency and upheaval in the laws of physics and logic.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing impunity
"The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Cask of Amontillado"
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The Scarlet Letter
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