aggravating circumstance

collocation in English

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aggravating
adjective
uk
/ˈæɡ.rə.veɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈæɡ.rə.veɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
informal
annoying:
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circumstance
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us
/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofaggravatingandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaggravating circumstance

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And the fact that this kind of shortcoming quite often has an impact not on a particular individual, but on an entire nation, is of course anaggravatingcircumstance.
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It requires a change in the law, introducing the consideration of the court to take in as anaggravatingcircumstancethe fact that someone has reoffended on bail.
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So in this case the act which is forbidden by the criminal law is unlawfully taking vehicles when that is aggravated by one or moreaggravatingcircumstance.
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It is unlikely that this event was the onlyaggravatingcircumstancebetween the two men, their dislike for one another has never been fully understood.
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Indeed, the victim in this instance being a police officer would probably be considered an "aggravatingcircumstance" and increase the penalty for the crime.
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Anaggravatingcircumstanceis a kind of attendant circumstance and the opposite of an extenuating or mitigating circumstance, which decreases guilt.
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Nevertheless, it is not possible to add together a generalaggravatingcircumstanceand a circumstance determining the imposition of a higher penalty.
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When meting out the punishment it shall be considered an especiallyaggravatingcircumstance, if the count has the character of propaganda.
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It sets out proposals for common minimum, maximum sentence tariffs as well as common aggravating circumstances for drug trafficking offences.
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Well, in this case the violation was serious but so were the aggravating circumstances.
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The mandatory sentence of life imprisonment leaves no room for account to be taken of either mitigating circumstances, or what might be called aggravating circumstances.
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The trial court found two aggravating circumstances and a single mitigating circumstance.
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The judge applied the same aggravating circumstances for all.
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