as in immunity
freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
she mistakenly believed that she could insult people with impunity
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Recent Examples of impunity
Nevertheless, after several months of the Trump Administration cutting and terminating NIH grants, contracts, personnel and influence seemingly with impunity, this marks the first big, concrete pushback from Congress.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Cab drivers breaking the law with apparent impunity is damaging to visitors to the city, especially since Navy Pier, for all its success, has no light rail or other visitor-friendly transportation to get people over there.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025
Access to justice too (something often underrated), where you can’t be killed or robbed with impunity, and where you won’t be arbitrarily deprived of your liberty or your freedom of speech by a despotic government.
—Simon Boas
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
When seeing injustice portrayed on the screen, viewers brought with them the images that have been burned into global consciousness after nearly two years of siege on Gaza—images of children killed, hospitals bombed, and international law flouted with impunity.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Cab drivers breaking the law with apparent impunity is damaging to visitors to the city, especially since Navy Pier, for all its success, has no light rail or other visitor-friendly transportation to get people over there.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025
Access to justice too (something often underrated), where you can’t be killed or robbed with impunity, and where you won’t be arbitrarily deprived of your liberty or your freedom of speech by a despotic government.
—Simon Boas
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
When seeing injustice portrayed on the screen, viewers brought with them the images that have been burned into global consciousness after nearly two years of siege on Gaza—images of children killed, hospitals bombed, and international law flouted with impunity.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impunity
Noun
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The law grants legal immunity to everyone involved in the process but the doctors performing the procedures and the family members making the decision, Smith said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Aug. 2025
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The vitamins and compounds found in papaya have many health benefits when eaten regularly and can help improve digestion, skin, vision, immunity, and more. 1.—
Jessica Swirble,
Verywell Health,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Vidal missed a pass protection pickup on the first sack.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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Newmark Security would go on to remove the headache of hardware management from their client end users, in addition to the management of compliance and data protection, all the while managing the hardware from the cloud.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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On Monday morning, league bosses Roger Goodell, Adam Silver, Rob Manfred, and Gary Bettman were asked to participate in a briefing on matters related to the sports broadcasting market, including those having to do with blackout exemptions.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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And, make no mistake, the tariff is a tax—and the exemption is a tax credit.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Impunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impunity. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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