impune

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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

Let me see, sir, either P. T. or yourself, or you’ll find the Scots proverb verified, Nemo me impune lacessit.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

Thistle of Scotland.—R.L. will find the thistle first introduced on coins during the reign of James V., although the motto "Nemo me impune lacessit" was not adopted until two reigns later.

From Notes and Queries, Number 11, January 12, 1850 by Various

Vide quaeso, ne id tibi capitale sit: mihi certe quidem erit, neque tibi hercle impune, vt opinor.

From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Spenser, Edmund