Explore Impunity through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like exemption or freedom. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Impunity in a sentence
Impunity meaning
- Exemption from punishment.
- Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
Using Impunity
- The main meaning on this page is: Exemption from punishment. | Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
- Useful related words include: exemption, freedom.
- In the example corpus, impunity often appears in combinations such as: with impunity, of impunity, impunity and.
Context around Impunity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Impunity
- In this selection, "impunity" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reinforced, total, fighting and means stand out and add context to how "impunity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include act with impunity as was and act with impunity because they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "impunity" sits close to words such as afforded, auckland and baroque, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with impunity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Above all thanks to impunity. (5 words)
It’s impunity at its ugliest manifestation. (7 words)
And there’s an established pattern of total impunity. (9 words)
It’s taken decades for the complaints against “Edgar” to become public and it’s too easy to believe that abuses in schools and care homes are all historic and predators can no longer act with impunity as was once the case. (42 words)
On Sunday, following Uhuru’s warning to the rich and well connected that the era of impunity was over, Raila supported his president and partner’s message by commending the government’s crackdown on corruption and the culture of impunity. (40 words)
In a video message during the plenary session of the Second Session for Summit for Democracy, Marcos said the Philippines has been committed to fighting impunity for atrocity crimes despite the country’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute in 2019. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
On Sunday, following Uhuru’s warning to the rich and well connected that the era of impunity was over, Raila supported his president and partner’s message by commending the government’s crackdown on corruption and the culture of impunity.
Above all thanks to impunity.
According to her, society has reinforced impunity and stereotypes that women are sex objects or bonanza for people who come into contact with them, especially within the academic institution.
And there’s an established pattern of total impunity.
A regime that is allowed to commit genocide and violate international agreements with impunity is a regime that will be emboldened to continue to commit atrocity crimes and threaten others beyond its borders.
A UN “human rights” inquiry and its inquisitors push antisemitism with impunity.
But it quickly became apparent that no one in authority – from either the army or Pattaya City Hall – would actually enforce the ban and the boat operators returned with impunity.
But more than the essential obligation of justice is the legacy of impunity.
But the impunity means this will happen again and again.
Harriet Wistrich, director of campaign group the Centre for Women's Justice, said: "We have known for some time that there has been a culture of impunity for such offending by police officers.
He said SA’s crisis was manifest in the evident collapse in aspects of governance at various levels and “lawlessness that prevails with impunity for the corrupt who loot state resources”.
His announcement elicited serious concerns about the legalities and the display of impunity.
However, the impunity with which the constitution was abused, and desecrated could become an irredeemable national embarrassment which illegitimacy is capable of birthing cold lawlessness.
In a video message during the plenary session of the Second Session for Summit for Democracy, Marcos said the Philippines has been committed to fighting impunity for atrocity crimes despite the country’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute in 2019.
In cyberspace, Western governments were forced to acknowledge the geopolitical reality behind ransomware gangs – namely that the most destructive and costly ones operated with impunity from Russian-controlled territory.
Instead, they are emboldened, as we can all see from social media footage of Garda cars and Gardaí themselves attacked with impunity.
It is claimed in the documentary that this influence allowed them to break the law with impunity.
It’s impunity at its ugliest manifestation.
It’s taken decades for the complaints against “Edgar” to become public and it’s too easy to believe that abuses in schools and care homes are all historic and predators can no longer act with impunity as was once the case.
Jean Robert Argant, the general coordinator of the “December 4th Collective” anti-violence advocacy organization, said that the bandits act with impunity because they see fit that the police are unable to fight back.
Common combinations with impunity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- with impunity 66×
- of impunity 42×
- impunity and 23×
- the impunity 15×
- impunity in 15×
- impunity for 14×
- and impunity 12×
- impunity to 7×
- impunity of 5×
- impunity that 5×