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Definition of impunity in English: impunitynoun ɪmˈpjuːnɪtiɪmˈpjunədi mass nounExemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action. the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings protestors burned flags on the streets with impunity Example sentencesExamples - Some ministers seem to be able to break the rules with impunity.
- When the rule of law is not respected, arbitrariness and impunity dominate the political scene.
- Those involved in such attacks often enjoy complete impunity.
- And in the void of our collective silence, the government continues to act with brutal impunity.
- It was in this atmosphere of total impunity that the 31 August attack took place.
- Are they going to speak out against impunity, especially for a former legislator who knows the importance of the rule of the law?
- People live in fear of armed groups who can strike with seeming impunity.
- The impunity for such abuses has served to perpetuate the conflict and has led to serious human rights atrocities committed by both sides.
- If this war is allowed to pass with impunity, these will be the consequences.
- Using that tort settlement, the big brands have hampered tiny cut-rate rivals and raised prices with near impunity.
- Certain thugs and vandals appear to have impunity from arrest.
- Unusually, given the country's climate of almost complete impunity, three army officers were convicted of his murder.
- That impunity led to the indiscriminate slaughter of peasants mentioned above.
- That was innocent and harmless but as time went on more and more conventions were broken with more and more impunity.
- The impunity of police and denial of due process to victims is disturbing to rights activists.
- War crimes will only end when potential war criminals fear punishment; that will only happen when we end impunity.
- He bought and sold thousands of pounds worth of stolen goods with seeming impunity for years, all the time informing on the criminals he dealt with to the police.
- I hope he is not able to hide there in impunity the way other murder suspects have.
- Their impunity to prosecution and the lightness of the sentences they do get when they are caught is a joke and has bred an arrogance that makes my stomach churn.
- There was a feeling that living was much harder for those who obeyed the law and that impunity favoured criminals.
Synonyms immunity, indemnity, exemption from punishment, freedom from punishment, exemption, non-liability, licence amnesty, dispensation, pardon, reprieve, stay of execution, exoneration privilege, special treatment, favouritism French carte blanche unpunished, with no ill consequences, with no ill effects, without being punished, without punishment scot-free
Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin impunitas, from impunis 'unpunished', from in- 'not' + poena 'penalty' or punire 'punish'. Rhymes community, immunity, importunity, opportunity, unity Definition of impunity in US English: impunitynounimˈpyo͞onədēɪmˈpjunədi Exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action. the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings protesters burned flags on the streets with impunity Example sentencesExamples - People live in fear of armed groups who can strike with seeming impunity.
- There was a feeling that living was much harder for those who obeyed the law and that impunity favoured criminals.
- He bought and sold thousands of pounds worth of stolen goods with seeming impunity for years, all the time informing on the criminals he dealt with to the police.
- The impunity for such abuses has served to perpetuate the conflict and has led to serious human rights atrocities committed by both sides.
- If this war is allowed to pass with impunity, these will be the consequences.
- Their impunity to prosecution and the lightness of the sentences they do get when they are caught is a joke and has bred an arrogance that makes my stomach churn.
- Some ministers seem to be able to break the rules with impunity.
- Using that tort settlement, the big brands have hampered tiny cut-rate rivals and raised prices with near impunity.
- Are they going to speak out against impunity, especially for a former legislator who knows the importance of the rule of the law?
- When the rule of law is not respected, arbitrariness and impunity dominate the political scene.
- That impunity led to the indiscriminate slaughter of peasants mentioned above.
- Unusually, given the country's climate of almost complete impunity, three army officers were convicted of his murder.
- That was innocent and harmless but as time went on more and more conventions were broken with more and more impunity.
- Those involved in such attacks often enjoy complete impunity.
- Certain thugs and vandals appear to have impunity from arrest.
- I hope he is not able to hide there in impunity the way other murder suspects have.
- War crimes will only end when potential war criminals fear punishment; that will only happen when we end impunity.
- It was in this atmosphere of total impunity that the 31 August attack took place.
- And in the void of our collective silence, the government continues to act with brutal impunity.
- The impunity of police and denial of due process to victims is disturbing to rights activists.
Synonyms immunity, indemnity, exemption from punishment, freedom from punishment, exemption, non-liability, licence unpunished, with no ill consequences, with no ill effects, without being punished, without punishment
Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin impunitas, from impunis ‘unpunished’, from in- ‘not’ + poena ‘penalty’ or punire ‘punish’. |