impunidad
impunity
noun eem-poo-nee-DAHD Rare
Origin: Latin impunitas, from im- (not) + poena (punishment)
Usage Note
Impunidad denotes the state of escaping punishment for wrongdoing and is a key term in law, journalism, and human-rights discourse. It almost always appears with con in the phrase actuar con impunidad ('to act with impunity'). There is no adjective impunífico; instead Spanish uses impune (quedar impune, 'to go unpunished').
Examples
"Los criminales actuaron con total impunidad."
Natural Translation
The criminals acted with total impunity.
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