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
Dalila Santiago, a close friend and leader in López’s movement, said after rampant impunity in the Honduras, Fúnez's detention came as a shock.
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ABC News, 12 May 2026
The war in Iran has demonstrated once again that a president can, with impunity, ignore Congress in launching a war, even absent an imminent threat.
—James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
Former officers described courts issuing release orders that intelligence officials ignored with impunity, prosecutors pursuing cases without evidence and security agencies using prolonged detention, torture and public accusations to impose political obedience.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
But the very gerrymandering the decision invites will make getting there more difficult than ever, as Republicans in red states will in the meantime be free to cement their partisan advantage by disenfranchising black voters with impunity.
—David Cole, The New York Review of Books, 4 May 2026
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ABC News, 12 May 2026
The war in Iran has demonstrated once again that a president can, with impunity, ignore Congress in launching a war, even absent an imminent threat.
—James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
Former officers described courts issuing release orders that intelligence officials ignored with impunity, prosecutors pursuing cases without evidence and security agencies using prolonged detention, torture and public accusations to impose political obedience.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
But the very gerrymandering the decision invites will make getting there more difficult than ever, as Republicans in red states will in the meantime be free to cement their partisan advantage by disenfranchising black voters with impunity.
—David Cole, The New York Review of Books, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impunity
Noun
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The White House declined to comment on whether the administration would also make changes to the tax immunity clause.—
Ana Ceballos
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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The tax immunity provision was signed solely by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
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Carpenter requested that her sister, Sarah, and her sister’s boyfriend, guitarist George Smith, be added to the protection order as well since the couple reside in her Los Angeles home.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Here, as ever, Kokopeli suggests that clinging to youthful talismans offers no protection against uncertainty, and reasserts the odd mix of disaffection and morbid glee produced by such reactionary impulses.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Today an issuer that wants to hand a rating analyst material non-public financials has to route the disclosure through Reg FD’s confidentiality-agreement exemption instead.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox coalition partners pushed for the bill’s passage over the Knesset’s failure to enshrine into law an exemption that would allow ultra-Orthodox men to avoid Israel’s mandatory military service.—
Aditi Sangal,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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“Impunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impunity. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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