Sentence examples for sinister system from inspiring English sources

Rajapaksa has an iron grip on a sinister system where transgression and opposition are not tolerated.

A sinister system of state corruption, arms running and drug trafficking has been exposed.

Here is an unusually vivid picture of mass media's most sinister system of self-reference, flowing from sitcom TV through reality to tabloid TV and back again.

The censors were part of a much broader, more sinister system — the quasi-benevolent pole of a spectrum whose other extremities brought violence, assassination and almost casual brutality to apartheid's adversaries.

In addition, drone warfare seems to be creating a sinister system of embedded economic incentives that may lead to increasing casualty figures on the ground.

Christopher Hitchens, a leading atheist, says yes: since Mormonism is "a weird and sinister belief system," Romney's long and close connection with it requires that he "defend and explain... his voluntary membership in one of the most egregious groups operating on American soil".

Its span runs from 1870 to 2033, by which time it suggests all class differences will have been eradicated in the UK, only to be replaced by a more sinister caste system in which those at the top will be able to justify their position because they have earned it through talent and hard work; while those at the bottom could be said to deserve their fate.

Hacker hero Marcus Holloway must bring down the sinister computerised security system controlling San Francisco in Ubisoft's near-future cyberpunk thriller.

For two decades Palestine has engaged in discussions with successive Israeli governments, which have talked the talk of a negotiated settlement while deliberately turning a military occupation into something far more sinister — an ugly system of racial segregation.

If De Silva's review fluffs the 'state involvement' question by floating the conspiracy kite, he has nevertheless done something useful: he tells us more than we knew before about the sinister synergy between security system and the loyalist gunmen.

And if the public gets it wrong and sinister forces corrupt the system anew, well, the militias will always be there to set things right to wipe the slate clean again and give everyone another crack at a proper state.