aggravating factor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaggravatingandfactor
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aggravating
adjective
uk/ˈæɡ.rə.veɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈæɡ.rə.veɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
informal
annoying:
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factor
noun[C]
uk/ˈfæk.tər/us/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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(Definition ofaggravatingandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A poor nutritional state accompanied the condition whilst rickets was anaggravatingfactoronly.
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Clause 68 makes clear that, in general, racial aggravation in connection with an offence is anaggravatingfactor, meriting a stiffer sentence.
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They will also ensure that information about such anaggravatingfactoris brought to the attention of the court before sentence is passed.
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The biggestaggravatingfactorfor unit costs is unit wage costs, which, in this country, are rising faster than elsewhere.
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Having such anaggravatingfactoris a complication in terms of investigation, prosecution policy and how the courts deal with it.
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But if in each case the victim were an elderly widow, there would be anaggravatingfactor—consistent selection of vulnerable victims.
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A furtheraggravatingfactoris that the women who told their stories must now expect severe reprisals, such as being accused of defamation.
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This is a very difficult subject technically speaking, and its political sensitivity is anaggravatingfactor.
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We will introduce legislation to require courts to consider offending on bail as anaggravatingfactorwhen passing sentence.
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Recorded crime figures do not include details of whether drugs are anaggravatingfactorin offences, for example for burglary or robbery.
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It can then be taken into account as anaggravatingfactorfor sentencing.
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The present amendment simply emphasises that racial motivation should be treated by the court as anaggravatingfactorin that context.
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We should be wondering whether accelerated economic liberalisation, in the guise of free trade, is not anaggravatingfactorin this deterioration.
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If race was anaggravatingfactor, it should be implicit in the way in which the court determines the sentence.
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However, it provides for such offences to be dealt with without reference to race as anaggravatingfactor.
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Where drunkenness is related to crime, it is often seen and presented as a mitigating rather than anaggravatingfactor.
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Racial motivation can be, and often is, taken into account as a seriouslyaggravatingfactor.
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Racial motivation can be and often is taken into account by the judge as a seriouslyaggravatingfactor.
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The judge is then satisfied that the seriousaggravatingfactorof racial motivation has been established.
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Before the change it was not the case that offending on bail would automatically be treated as anaggravatingfactor.
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