unlawful act
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Since the founding of the Soviet Union, Moscow’s security services have relied on inducing people they wished to arrest into committing some hostile or unlawful act in order to arrest them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Mr Jeff had told police that he "didn't assault or commit any unlawful act in relation to Isabella at any time", jurors were told.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
Morey said she did not believe the post was targeted enough at specific people with a serious intent to commit an unlawful act of violence to rise to the level of an actionable “true threat.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
"Freedom of peaceful assembly is an essential hallmark of democracy, but what occurred last night was an unlawful act of violence," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 20, 2023
The conference ordered the withdrawal of this unlawful act, and on the bishop's refusal, deposed him in January, 1873.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
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