aggravator
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The spokesperson added that it also "provides for a statutory aggravator so that the fact the victim was delivering a public service is clearly recognised during sentencing".
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026
What's more, New York Fed research shows supply chain pressures - an aggravator of goods inflation over the past couple of years - normalised last month.
From Reuters • Mar. 7, 2023
"Those folks were all affiliated and are a part of our analysis as we move forward with the aggravator regarding the gang activity," Larizza said.
From Fox News • Sep. 2, 2021
So long as just seven jurors believe an aggravator justifies the death penalty, the jury must recommend that the defendant be executed.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2015
That the age of universal popularity of the nylon-haired, doe-eyed, plastic embodiment of body fascism, that icon of mindless consumption and ravening materialism, promulgator of female passivity and aggravator of vanity is over at last?
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2013
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