Sentence examples for illegitimate means from inspiring English sources

Furthermore, terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate complaints by illegitimate means.

"The resumption of same-sex marriage this day has been obtained by illegitimate means.

Goals may become so important that if the institutionalized means i.e., those means acceptable according to the standards of the society fail, illegitimate means might be used.

It is long past time for Palestinian leaders to condemn the murder of Israeli civilians as an illegitimate means of resistance, and not simply a tactical mistake.

The charges accuse the firms and, at least indirectly, their owner, Steven A. Cohen, of fostering a corporate culture that encouraged analysts and traders to use illegitimate means that resulted in "systematic insider trading".

Jamaican politicians, no matter their party, know that their political survival often depends on the men Jamaicans call dons, inner-city emperors who hold enormous sway over their communities and pull in huge sums from both legitimate and illegitimate means.

For single women, illegitimate pregnancies meant social and economic catastrophe.

You can't always say human growth hormone means illegitimate; there are legitimate uses.

Nearly everything the mob did was traceable to money secured by illegitimate or violent means, and mob families were always in search for words that could be used to disguise any reference to money.

It was less clear from the President's remarks, however, whether he meant to describe judicial activism as inherently illegitimate, or whether he meant to say that only some instances of judicial activism are improper.

"Being white in South Africa for me at that time," he told an interviewer in 2006, "meant feeling illegitimate, ashamed".