impune

Example Sentences

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Wait a minute, he has basically used his answer to impune my integrity.

From Time • Nov. 14, 2015

To paraphrase the Scottish national motto, Nemo me impune lactessit.

From Time Magazine Archive

You know my motto, 'Nemo me impune lacessit!'

From St. Elmo by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

The moment it became known in Scotland that any tax on malt or ale was to be imposed, rioting began in the principal cities; the spirit of the national motto asserted itself—"nemo me impune lacessit."

From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by McCarthy, Justin

It is indeed no small evidence of the unsoundness of this church, when the heads of colleges are suffered, impune, to recommend such books for students and probationers to form upon.

From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by Presbytery, The Reformed