Sentence examples for commit misdeeds from inspiring English sources

The crime had fanned deep public resentment against the "fu er dai," the "rich second generation" of privileged families who are widely believed to commit misdeeds with impunity because of their wealth or connections.

The paper draws from two threads of research on CEO misbehaviour: "opportunism", the idea that advancing in rank makes one more likely to commit misdeeds, and "targeting", the idea that CEOs' misbehaviour is uncovered more often because their higher status draws more attention.

And the better the tools, the better with which to commit misdeeds.

Second, it implies that one could bank good deeds and "earn the ability to commit misdeeds with impunity" (Alexander 2013: 318).

David Brooks of The New York Times, in a recent Op-Ed titled "The Act of Rigorous Forgiving," argues that the fabric of our society would be stronger if we repaired rather than severed relationships with those who commit misdeeds.

We are not excluding anybody, even those who committed misdeeds, apart from those who killed or shed blood," he said.

Mr. Mortensen allowed that Canada may have committed misdeeds of its own, without leveling a specific charge against either country.

If a man had lived a righteous life, his soul would be sent to the meadows of the blessed in Elysium; but, if he had committed misdeeds, his soul would be punished in various ways and perhaps sent to hell.

Probably, Mr Khodorkovsky could, if fully investigated, be found to have committed misdeeds arising from the asset-grabbing privatisations that took place under Boris Yeltsin's presidency in the 1990s.

Speaking during his weekly televised address yesterday, he told fighters to "return to their senses" and added "We are not excluding anybody, even those who committed misdeeds, apart from those who killed or shed blood," Al Jazeera reported.

Not whether Anthony Weiner's wife has forgiven him for his stupid actions, that Christine Quinn has overcome bulimia and alchoholism, that John Liu has not been able to keep his fundraising staff from committing misdeeds or that Bill DeBlasio's wife was once a lesbian.