For agents, the new concern is that the heinous activity may be directed at them.
Gough has not committed a heinous sin in Kurunegala.
The argument of all crackdown law is that it applies special, draconian measures to tackle some heinous crime.
The way he had misled her, Blanche thought, was heinous enough if his loyalty had lain with the same country.
We not only face the heinous crimes dead on, we face our fellow viewers.
What purpose is served by such senseless and heinous acts?
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►heinous crime
a heinous crime
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►crime
· The argument of all crackdown law is that it applies special, draconian measures to tackle some heinous crime.· We not only face the heinous crimes dead on, we face our fellow viewers.· For Mankins, seeing Harris die was simple retribution for a heinous crime.
1very shocking and immoral: a heinous crime2American English spoken informal extremely bad: The food in the cafeteria is pretty heinous.—heinousness noun [uncountable]