aggravate

Example Sentences

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It also said the incident was not being treated as religiously or racially aggravated.

From BBC

Jagland, the Norwegian politician, was charged on Feb. 12 with aggravated corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal

Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC said aggravated burglary charges against 18 other defendants who are accused of taking part in the break-in will be dropped.

From BBC

Dimly, Jonah realized that she may have been trying to aggravate him, to jolt him out of his gloom.

From Literature

An amendment to the Crimes and Policing Bill will mean a crime is aggravated if a victim is targeted because of those characteristics, and will carry a higher penalty.

From BBC