malum
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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They do not, and ought not, have discretion for malum in se crimes—those crimes that pass the Batman test.
From Slate ● May 13, 2020
Police only differ from citizens for malum in se crimes in that they’re required to enforce them.
From Slate ● May 13, 2020
They also discuss how the existing system has judges and prosecutors presume that arrest is the default rightful response to lawbreaking, rather than being a default wrongful response for malum prohibitum crimes.
From Slate ● May 9, 2020
Later, at a pumpkin patch with Harvey, she takes a bite of a malum malus—an evil apple—and has a vision of witches hanging from a tree.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 26, 2018
“The thing is, Mal, malum has two meanings.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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