violence
Example Sentences
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Cdr Dom Murphy, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, said "anyone who advocates violence in this way can expect to be arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law".
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Even in these cases, a particular moral clarity persists: War may be terrible, egos corrupt and violence seductive, but there’s always at least one character whose vision remains unsullied.
In a post on X, Bisimwa urged mediators and international partners to ensure the city was protected from "reprisals, violence and remilitarisation".
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Before the pandemic, only 5% of outstanding cases for violence across England and Wales had been in the system for more than a year - now a quarter of cases have taken that long.
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The son of a former police officer was "misled" by a force into accepting a community resolution for violence he did not admit to, an investigation has found.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
