act of injustice

collocation in English

meaningsofactandinjustice

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act
noun
uk
/ækt/
us
/ækt/
something that ...
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injustice
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
us
/ɪnˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
(an example of) a situation in which there is no fairness ...
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(Definition ofactandinjusticefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofact of injustice

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How, if at all, do things change if beneficiaries and those made worse off are not the direct parties in theactofinjustice, but, for example, their descendants?
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This would amount to a doubleactofinjustice.
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That, to my mind, would be a grossactofinjusticeto our own merchants who are now on the spot.
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Is any peace, any settlement, however welcome, morally justifiable if such anactofinjusticehas been involved?
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Do not let us be associated with anyactofinjustice.
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What appeared to be anactofinjusticewas brought to his attention.
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If this clause as it stands is put into operation it will be the crowningactofinjustice.
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So that would be, as it appears, anactofinjusticeto the owner concerned.
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In the case of such students, that would be an extraordinarily harshactofinjustice.
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To deprive those who go into employment at 65 years of age of the right to a full pension is anactofinjustice.
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That would be a terribleactofinjustice.
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Would it then be anactofinjusticeto remove from the register those who refused to take advantage of that facility?
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We ask for its abolition on the ground that it is anactofinjusticeto the working classes.
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It was the most insaneactofinjusticeever perpetrated on a peaceful city.
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That is a most unfair state of affairs and constitutes a grievousactofinjustice.
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A greatactofinjusticehas been done.
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How would it be anactofinjusticeto other corps?
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That has long rankled as anactofinjusticein the minds of trade unionists.
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If she is denied that entitlement, it is anactofinjustice.
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It seems to me that this is a seriousactofinjustice.
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