impunity
Example Sentences
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Amnesty said responses by security forces were often delayed and perpetrators were not being held to account "fuelling a sense of impunity and marginalisation within communities".
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
Over the past year, the Epstein files have metastasized into a defining symbol of elite impunity.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
The Ayotzinapa case remains largely unresolved, a potent illustration, activists say, of official impunity regarding the disappeared.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
But for now the ruling means "the era of impunity is over" according to Dr Mary Franks, a law professor at George Washington University.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Darnell's despair, his sadness in recognizing that they could do whatever they wanted to him with impunity, was utterly disheartening.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing impunity
"The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
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The Scarlet Letter
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