discriminatory behaviour

collocation in English

meaningsofdiscriminatoryandbehaviour

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discriminatory
adjective
uk
/dɪˈskrɪm.ɪ.nə.tər.i/us
/dɪˈskrɪm.ə.nə.tɔːr.i/
treating a person or group differently from and usually worse than other people, because of their race, gender, ...
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behaviour
noun
uk
/bɪˈheɪ.vjər/us
/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ/
the way that ...
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(Definition ofdiscriminatoryandbehaviourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In general, there are good reasons for prohibitingdiscriminatorybehaviour.
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The 'task force' advocated the creation of a separate 'track agency' to control track access and checkdiscriminatorybehaviour.
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Where discrimination occurs in a school setting, we agree that there must be an appropriate remedy which takes account of thediscriminatorybehaviour.
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I note that, last year, there were 50 reported complaints about raciallydiscriminatorybehaviour.
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This debate is not about whether raciallydiscriminatorybehaviourshould be tolerated in the police.
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Figures for the number of complaints against the police of raciallydiscriminatorybehaviourand their outcome are set out.
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Since it is our intention to revise the discipline regulations, we have given careful consideration to the issue ofdiscriminatorybehaviour.
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Fifthly, to expose suchdiscriminatorybehaviour, individuals need a channel through which they can seek redress or compensation.
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We do not believe that it would be right to reject this amendment on raciallydiscriminatorybehaviour.
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This could include disciplinary action where, for example, raciallydiscriminatorybehaviouris proven.
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Surely it is better to focus on a change in thediscriminatorybehaviour.
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It is, the argument goes, a matter of persuasion, of changing the culture, so that gradually people find suchdiscriminatorybehaviourunacceptable.
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In addition, it has been ascertained that when victims report crimes they are subjected todiscriminatorybehaviour.
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It is not therefore possible to say how many officers have been found guilty of raciallydiscriminatorybehaviour, or how they were punished.
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If, however, one looks at the declaration of human rights, it includes religion among many other forms ofdiscriminatorybehaviour.
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Secondly, we would be discriminating against the police officer in isolation by selecting him to be subject to possible disciplinary action for raciallydiscriminatorybehaviour.
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It proposes that one of the regulations should be for raciallydiscriminatorybehaviourby the police to be made a specific disciplinary offence.
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How does a body of this size detect particulardiscriminatorybehaviourin a school that is situated many miles away?
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That decision will be reported in the media and will convince employers that indirectdiscriminatorybehaviouris perfectly lawful.
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I can think of no circumstances in whichdiscriminatorybehaviourwould not be caught by the provisions of the existing code.
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