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In which short story does the narrator say, "I must not only punish but punish with impunity"?

impunity

[im-pyoo-ni-tee] / ɪmˈpju nɪ ti /


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"Our demand is that this not be the end of the trials... In the new Syria, there will be no impunity from this day forward."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The two Persian Gulf states have relatively small air forces, armed with U.S. and European jets, but didn’t want to let Tehran continue to hit them with impunity, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

It’s clear they also wanted to maintain the impunity conferred by America’s superpower status.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

A two-year public inquiry published in July 2021 concluded that the state should "shoulder responsibility" for the murder due to the "atmosphere of impunity" the government had created.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

That was the period when divine good humor and the hidden forces of human nature acted with impunity to provoke a state of emergency and upheaval in the laws of physics and logic.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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