impunity
Example Sentences
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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.
Conflicts are deliberately being turned into wars against civilians with drones and other technology and countries are flouting international law with impunity, the Red Cross chief said Friday.
From Barron's
The central question: Will there ever come a time when justice will prevail — and impunity will recede — in cases of Mexican journalists targeted by organized crime, corrupt politicians and others?
From Los Angeles Times
"All this work aims to bring the stories of victims to the world, countering secrecy -- the oppressor’s strongest ally -- and challenging injustice and impunity," Turk said.
From Barron's
The officers’ gait was unmistakable: They moved with the assurance of impunity.
From Salon
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