heinous
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The film seems to suggest that we — the audience to this specious display of white-knighting nobility — are monsters who can act just as heinous as the criminals.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
In response, O'Leary said: "I am quite clear that no remarks of mine could possibly trivialise the heinous crime of rape."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
"This is about managing how we are releasing individuals back into the community, regardless of the heinous or horrific crime that they may have committed," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
A yellow card would have been the appropriate decision, but heinous calls are implicit in major sporting events, perhaps nowhere more so than the World Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
He pronounced "incorrect" as though the term described the most heinous crime imaginable, and I stared at him open-mouthed, feeling a vague guilt.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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