arbitrarily

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In Colombia, birth and death registration is especially spotty in Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities, where the national government tends to have little presence and registrars and notaries tend to apply the rules arbitrarily.

From New York Times

Last year, the United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention ruled that the Rwandan government had abducted Mr. Rusesabagina and arbitrarily detained him.

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You don’t want to have irrigation districts, even cities and towns, arbitrarily deprived of water.

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Mr. Manchin said this month that Ms. Yellen was “not following the law” and accused the Treasury Department of deciding arbitrarily what kinds of vehicles could have access to the tax credit.

From New York Times

Jamaica’s Supreme Court this year said authorities violated the rights of a man who said he was arbitrarily arrested and detained for months without trial during a state of emergency.

From Reuters