transgression
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When it comes to prisons, there is very serious harm done by our unquestioned acceptance of carcerality and punishment as the main way of dealing with social transgression.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
"These attacks represent a dangerous escalation and an unacceptable transgression," the UAE's foreign ministry said, adding that the country reserves the "right to respond".
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
Are you trying to give people some kind of communal moment of transgression?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
Bondi’s latest ethical transgression has not yet made it to court, but it likely will.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025
The king was angry at some recent transgression of his, the nature of which I could not discern.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
His comedic sensibility explores cruelty, shock, transgressions and antiheroes — and it’s also what continues to draw him to literature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
But as the network of civil-rights agencies grew, the transgressions those agencies aimed to prosecute diminished in number and import.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Likewise, any future transgressions will build on the picture of his character that is coming into view.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
The potentially reimbursed penalties are for transgressions including failure to file penalties, failure to pay penalties and failure to make estimated tax payments, she wrote.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Mother discovered transgressions past, Sins of the man chosen to lead us.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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Power Prefix: trans-
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