Sentence examples for for defilement from inspiring English sources

"There was no asterisk on that ball when he hit it, was there?" I've heard the arguments for defilement of valuable property.

The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee in the previous Parliament suggested that the penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" should be the same as for "defilement," a crime that is punishable by death.

He will say the ālaya-vijñāna, devoid of subject-object bifurcation, provides the essential mind-stuff for defilement (=saṃsāra) and carries seeds for purification (=nirvāṇa) in a Yogācāra system that is fundamentally wrong, and at odds with the way things actually are.

Miasma (literally from the Greek word for pollution or defilement) initially ascribed disease to unhealthy smells and emanations from decaying matter, but miasmaticism grew to incorporate a wider range of root foulness, including socioeconomic status and moral fiber.

Members of the Griffin gang have vowed revenge for the defilement of Byrne's corpse and at least one member of the rival group has been offered round-the-clock police protection since the funeral.

The range of sexual violations experienced by the women not only included those that were outright violent (rape, abduction with sex, forced incest), but also those that were coercive in nature (sex in exchange for gifts, defilement and sexual comforting) which took advantage of the women and girls increased vulnerability due to the war and it's associated mass poverty.

Now they'd made legal history: Through a constitutional challenge — holding the state accountable for the police treatment of defilement claims — the girls secured access to justice for themselves, and legal protection from rape for all 10 million girls in Kenya.

Men had lesser mana and needed to protect it carefully; in many societies, men preparing for war or other hazardous or demanding undertakings had to go through a period of purification eating only certain foods and often going into seclusion to protect their powers from defilement.

The laws are not enforced and the practice of defilement has been on the rise.

In Uganda, most parents choose to negotiate with those suspected of defilement because of material gain.

When a young unmarried girl gets pregnant, the man may be accused of "defilement" - rape.