Sentence examples for odious crimes from inspiring English sources

"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.

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".

Government spokesman Samir Dilou called it an "odious crime.

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

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

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

While widespread murder is the Islamic State's most odious crime, the group inflicts grievous harm on those it does not kill.

Government lawyers at the Justice Department and the SEC have struggled to tie Wall Street practices, however odious, to crimes that can be pinned on individuals.