unpunished

British

/ ʌnˈpʌnɪʃt /

adjective

not receiving or having received a penalty or sanction as punishment for any crime or offence

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"These acts will not go unpunished," the Venezuelan government said in response to Saturday's incident.

From BBC

Tuesday's mammoth session of parliament ended late in the evening in Rome with a final speech by a governing party MP vowing that violence against women "will not be tolerated, will not go unpunished."

From BBC

Left unpunished, Cicero claimed, this imperial tyranny would undermine faith in Rome’s institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new proposals are focused on more minor offences which happen frequently and have in the past gone largely unpunished.

From BBC

But five years on, Mr Griffiths, the group's secretary, said they had been continually "frustrated" by further incidents which have since gone unpunished.

From BBC

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