insubordination

Example Sentences

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One agent was disciplined for insubordination after refusing to go along with the plan to embarrass Comey in this way.

From Salon

They said their foster father had beaten them up with a belt for insubordination.

From The Wall Street Journal

The agent was suspended for insubordination, according to the BBC's news partner CBS, after the agent found the plan to be inappropriate.

From BBC

“That it thought this court would tolerate such insubordination was a gross miscalculation.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Detention Watch Network has compiled reports detailing alleged abuses at different detention facilities, like the use of tear gas as punishment for perceived “insubordination,” and the myriad health problems that plague detention centers.

From Salon