impunity
noun
Origin of impunity
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immunity, exception, exemption, license, permission, liberty, dispensation, privilege, securityExamples from the Web for impunity
Contemporary Examples of impunity
It would inject a threat of accountability into power, and upend the impunity wartime leaders had operated under for years.
Once again he could throw his fastball for strikes with impunity--for six or seven innings at least.
Cameras show the gunmen roaming the mall, shooting and killing with impunity.
It was arrogant,” he says, adding, “If you go along with the status quo in South Carolina, you can break the law with impunity.
For more than a half-century before “Stairway to Heaven,” recording artists had been doing this, usually with impunity.
Historical Examples of impunity
They shall find out that they cannot insult me with impunity.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
Does he imagine that Olivia is to be slighted with impunity?
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
They intend to show the world and politicians that their views cannot be ignored with impunity.
Mountain MeditationsL. Lind-af-Hageby
But omnipotence says and does with impunity whatever it pleases.
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, CompleteDuc de Saint-Simon
He did not wish to retire, and could not have done so with impunity.
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, CompleteDuc de Saint-Simon