impunity
Noun
Meaning
Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
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According to Morris, "the inequitable and unfair rules of engagement: the Arabs could launch offensives with impunity, but international interventions always hampered and restrained Israel’s counterattacks."
At that time films typically had an "omniscient perspective", which Marilyn Fabe says give the audience the "illusion that we are looking with impunity into a world which is unaware of our gaze, Hollywood movies give us a feeling of power."
And in military barracks, it appears that arrogance and a sense of impunity are increasing.
Angela Beda who set the tone for the final national conference of the delegates in Juba accused all former and current leaders of the SPLM of corruption, impunity and failure to deliver services.
A recent wave of deadly attacks in the southern part of Nigeria’s restive Kaduna State has brought the seemingly never-ending cycle of communal violence and impunity in the state back into focus.
As people may get the feeling that such statements on every occasion give police the unwanted impunity to act with force on the public.