Sentence examples for odious crime from inspiring English sources

Government spokesman Samir Dilou called it an "odious crime.

"The perpetrators of this odious crime must be punished," Hollande said.

"There can be no forgiveness, no forgetfulness, for this odious crime".

"This is something terrible, a catastrophe, an odious crime," Colonel Qaddafi said.

Cardinal Scola, a major figure in the Italian church, repeated the pope's words that pedophilia was "an odious crime but also a scandalously grave sin".

By adding the word "honour" to killing, we use the language of those who justify this odious crime on the basis of "honourable" motives.

"The task of the council is to express the disgust of the entire world at the odious crimes that the Syrian state is committing against its people," he said.

Human trafficking is one of the most odious crimes of our time.

Fly Guy columnist Elliott Hester last week wrote about one of the worst offenders — the smelly passenger — but there are other, less odoriferous but no less odious crimes that could land you on the list of lousy passengers.

Mukwege told the assembled members of parliament (MEPs) that, "like every human," he would prefer to be able to forget about these odious crimes, "but how can I fall silent when over 15 years we see something that even the eyes of a surgeon cannot get used to".

And the more odious the crime, the more ideal the culprit, the more legitimate your hatred.