impunity English

Meaning impunity meaning

What does impunity mean?

impunity

— noun exemption from punishment or loss

Synonyms impunity synonyms

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impunity English » English

exemption

immunity

relief

indemnity

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Simple sentences

That's all by permissiveness and impunity.

Movie subtitles

I'm not speaking to you as a jealous husband but as a man of the world who knows there are certain rules of decorum which cannot be disregarded with impunity.

God is my witness that we did not want war. But the time has passed when insolent foreigners can invade Muscovite territory with impunity.

NOT WHEN THEY CONSIDER THE THOUSAND YARDS AND SHELL US WITH IMPUNITY AND SINK US AT WILL.

Nobody is called Boussac, Dassau or Ferchaux with impunity.

If you are the guilty entity, what better position from which to kill with impunity?

Only diseases kill with impunity.

You've been promised impunity, isn't that so?

He was too kind, too gentle to survive my rejection and abandon me with impunity.

You see, when the sun never set on the Empire, we looted with impunity.

Do you think you can besmirch a person's honour with impunity?

You look at these scattered houses, and you are impressed by their beauty. I look at them, and the only thought which comes to me is a feeling of their isolation and of the impunity with which crime may be committed there.

I'm talking about people who roam the halls of power with impunity.

Don't forget what we've escaped, just to repeat with impunity what we believe in.

Men who kill for the government do so with impunity.

Since I can walk the streets with reasonable impunity I think I'm the logical one to go.

Look in the papers: one cannot defy human laws with impunity.

You knew I bought my impunity. my tranquillity. and welfare. peace, pleasures.

Working people will not let themselves be painted with impunity neither in principle nor on their behinds!

Nobody is called Boussac, Dassau or Ferchaux with impunity. It is normal that my brother is attacked.

If you are the entity for which we search, what better position from which to kill with impunity.

Fyodor Ivanovich, for how long do you think you can continue to shock society with impunity?

Come on darling, this fortune which gives us happiness and impunity is yours.

Do come drive straight in and leave your car with impunity.

You can handle both with impunity, Mrs. Talman.

Do you really think you can besmirch another's honour with impunity?

I'm talking about people who roam the halls of power with impunity, who corrupt and subvert the principles our constitution exists to uphold.

What could be more pleasant than to kill with impunity?

Kill him with impunity.

But there are certain rules of decorum which cannot be transgressed with impunity.

You dare use the authority of the ancients to affirm with impunity the opposite of what's been taught for centuries by men of science around the world.

One does not life one's eyes to a goddess with impunity.

When my predecessor, Pope Gregory, sent the edict to the brigands..whereby he promised impunity to repentants,..who repented, according to you?

Believe as I once believed that all goes quiet that no one will ever know - a sense of impunity.

But one must not unleash hatred with impunity.

Did you think, my pretty sir, that I'd let you fuck my wife with impunity?

News and current affairs

As we enter a new era of sustainable development, impunity must turn to responsibility.

Nigeria has been Exhibit A of corporate environmental impunity.

Allowing opium traffickers to operate with impunity gives them a free hand to raise money to pay for the arms and fighters battling the Afghan army and NATO forces.

A third factor that should also be taken into account is what damage would be done to the emerging international legal system for ending the impunity long enjoyed by state officials who use their power to commit atrocities.

Let him go where we can't get at him, but with no guarantee of impunity if his actions or fate bring him to a place where justice can be done.

At the same time, during the World Cup, fans are not only universal; they are also unique, and they can express their difference with impunity, sometimes in the most assertive, aggressive, and, unfortunately, occasionally racist manner.

A Supreme Court dominated by conservative factions has selected judges and prosecutors, and Afghans have little legal redress in a system that allows local commanders, who hold sway over the judiciary, to act with impunity.

The Bush lawyers were the torturers' necessary partners, whose work was intended to ensure legal impunity.

NEW YORK - Ours is a world of impunity.

But the goal is certainly worth embracing, because the evidence is overwhelming: impunity is not only morally noxious; it is also economically costly and deeply corrosive to wellbeing.

So what can be done to overcome an impunity trap?

The verdicts certainly reinforce a culture of impunity within the security services.

Ríos Montt's presence on the ballot has shocked Guatemalans committed to combating the impunity the country's powerful have traditionally enjoyed.

His election would have enormous implications, symbolizing the triumph of impunity over accountability.

Fourth, laws are often arbitrarily applied, and sharia (Islamic law) frequently takes precedence over civil legislation, resulting in widespread impunity for crimes of violence against women.

This will require strengthening the rule of law and ending the prevailing culture of impunity.

As long as the US keeps the rest of the world in the dark, illegal acts - including possible war crimes - may be committed with impunity.

Qaddafi cannot be allowed to think that he can massacre his people with impunity.

Has an overly forgiving nature prevented Filipinos from achieving closure in so many painful chapters of their history, or are the ravages of impunity to blame?

Action must also be taken to end the impunity with which the Burmese generals have ruled.

NEW YORK - The world has plunged into a period of brutality, with impunity for the perpetrators of violence.

Land grabs, chronic corruption, impunity, the inability to enforce contracts, and the fragmentation and ineffectiveness of aid deterred foreign and domestic investment further.

Fears are mounting, as official and fundamentalist religious forces now seem to operate with impunity - and the apparent support of local police, the ruling Bangladeshi National Party, and local authorities.

As if that were not enough, the new law, in a reversal of previous legislation, could lead to reduced sentences for offenders, and even allow them to operate with impunity for three years.

Amnesties allowed the development of what is often called a culture of impunity.

Another contributing factor to the culture of impunity is the difficulty in deciding how and where to try those whose crimes include the destruction of the judicial systems of their countries.

Denying dictators a guarantee of impunity will only rarely figure in whether they depart from power. But it may be an important factor in how they exercise power.