Research the London School of Economics (my employer) recently published in Administrative Science Quarterly shows that under certain circumstances, lawbreakers not only go unpunished; they are actively rewarded.
—
London School of Economics,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
This interpretation leads to more support and job opportunities for the lawbreaker.
—
London School of Economics,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Two of the game’s most brilliant villains have matured into eloquent eulogists.
—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
For an industry which has long been treated by the television and film industries as a dirty, dangerous business run by unethical, cartoon-ish villains like J.R. Ewing, such a balanced portrayal is a welcome change, indeed.
The suspect was wanted on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon through the ATF in the Northern District of Texas, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department and the Mississippi Department of Correction.
—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 2025
Prosecutors said Gonzalez also was convicted of being a felon in possession of a gun.
Horses and men, dust and earth, saints and sinners.
—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
The place where Dante cast endless sinners, upside down in hellholes of their own carving, or in the tangled forest of suicides, or with the fratricides in the ninth circle, all of them eternally condemned.
The wrongdoers of today will soon fear his particular brand of Old West Justice!
—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
18 June 2025
The burden of your inquiry into this wrongful closure should rest squarely on the wrongdoer’s shoulders, not on those of the innocent public trying to access their beloved knoll.
—
Letters To The Editor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Share