innocent people

collocation in English

meaningsofinnocentandpeople

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innocent
adjective
uk
/ˈɪn.ə.sənt/us
/ˈɪn.ə.sənt/
(of a person) not guilty of a ...
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people
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈpiː.pəl/us
/ˈpiː.pəl/
men, women, ...
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(Definition ofinnocentandpeoplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Hundreds ofinnocentpeoplewill be unduly victimised.
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It has been marred by a lot of controversy, and most importantly thousands ofinnocentpeoplelost their lives.
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Like a diabolic adder it stings the life of manyinnocentpeopleand is the burning topic of discussion.
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Nothing in this approach would prohibit blaming and punishinginnocentpeopleif doing so would maximize the good.
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It is better to lock up teninnocentpeople, than to let a single guilty one go free.
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By contrast, preventive detention limits the freedom ofinnocentpeoplefor the sake of the safety of others.
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Controversy over whether the devil could representinnocentpeoplein spectral form was a thread that ran through the proceedings.
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Ultimately, the sound of fire indicates that besidesinnocentpeople, culture, and especially books, is also a victim of the general destruction.
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But it is generally accepted that it is wrong seriously to harminnocentpeople, without their consent, even when it is done for the general good.
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It has already claimed the lives of far too manyinnocentpeople.
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The longer they do that, the longer the crisis dominates thoseinnocentpeoplewho are being dramatically affected.
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We are talking about trying to prevent entirelyinnocentpeoplefrom being caught by these provisions as a side wind.
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Those people are free people; they are deemed to beinnocentpeople.
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They are notinnocentpeoplewho are brought in off the streets for no good reason.
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Anyone who favours hanging must be prepared to seeinnocentpeoplehanged.
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It has always been that the restoration of capital punishment would save the lives ofinnocentpeople.
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The rights ofinnocentpeoplemust be protected.
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It is very complex and full of hazards, quite often for reasonablyinnocentpeople.
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The disease may crop up again after years of apparent health, and in the meantimeinnocentpeoplemay become infected.
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We face the real possibility that genuine,innocentpeople, who are not crooked at all, will have committed an offence.
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