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unpunished

/ ʌnˈpʌnɪʃt /

adjective

  1. not receiving or having received a penalty or sanction as punishment for any crime or offence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Posting on X, Mr Pinedo Cuello said: "This crime will not go unpunished. The criminals must know that crime has no place in Santa Marta. We will pursue them until they are brought to justice."

From BBC

One might say that where Dennis is concerned, no target of a good deed goes unpunished.

As the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished.

Ministers say that the enormous piece of legislation will target the crimes that communities want prioritised to make their areas feel safer and to bear down on behaviour that has gone unpunished.

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“Mr. Combs has been singled out because he is powerful, Black, and he is being prosecuted for conduct that regularly goes unpunished,” his lawyers argued in their motion.

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