flagrancy

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In recent years, she says, she’s been hired to evaluate cases that have stunned her with their flagrancy.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021

For this reason, the flagrancy of Ford’s threat caught many off-guard.

From The Guardian • Nov. 18, 2018

“These unprecedented figures appropriately reflect the conspiracy’s breathtaking flagrancy, its systemic reach and its significant impact,” Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said.

From New York Times • May 24, 2015

I recognize the flagrancy of such unchecked capitalism and still, I read these articles with tempered delight.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2013

Mrs. Brewster, head and shoulders in a trunk, was trying not to listen and not to seem not to listen to Miz' Merz' recital of her husband's relations' latest flagrancy.

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Various