unarmed

Example Sentences

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Hochman questioned why he is being criticized when the California attorney general’s office has reviewed dozens of fatal shootings of unarmed persons throughout the state since 2020 and filed no criminal cases.

From Los Angeles Times

A key consideration is that the opposition mostly consists of disparate groups of unarmed civilians.

From The Wall Street Journal

Iranian police are trained and equipped primarily to manage unrest without firearms, and almost all officers on the ground were unarmed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many observers have professed confusion over how Good, an unarmed person, can somehow be seen as a mortal threat.

From Salon

U.S. cyber and intelligence can help with “leveling the battlefield for unarmed civilians facing an armed regime,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal