draconian legislation

collocation in English

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draconian
adjective
uk
/drəˈkəʊ.ni.ən/us
/drəˈkoʊ.ni.ən/
Draconian laws, government actions, etc. are extremely severe, or go further than what is right ...
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legislation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌledʒ.əˈsleɪ.ʃən/
a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by ...
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(Definition ofdraconianandlegislationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Finally, there is the assessment of lawmakers thinking about adoptingdraconianlegislationnow-like our cur rent drug laws-to avert more draconian laws in the future.
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We therefore need political debate and meaningful dialogue—notdraconianlegislation.
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Taking everything into account, we are not proposingdraconianlegislation.
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I do not see why serious default should be the only ground for compensating people who suffer the adverse consequences ofdraconianlegislation.
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We want somedraconianlegislationto deal with the matter.
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I have listened to that word applied to the mostdraconianlegislation.
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That is precisely why suchdraconianlegislationis being introduced today.
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The obvious intention was to create terror and instability at the expense of innocent people, and that justifies fairlydraconianlegislationand international co-operation.
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They set to work to producedraconianlegislationattacking the trade unions.
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The way out of the position was not to passdraconianlegislation, part of which is still retained in the order.
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Surely voluntary agreements are preferable to this kind of unworkable anddraconianlegislation.
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I had hoped that we would get rid of suchdraconianlegislation.
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It would requiredraconianlegislation.
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One does not find the vast majority of businesses reacting to their customers as though they were enemies, and only responding when they are forced into line bydraconianlegislation.
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We are dealing withdraconianlegislation.
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If that is what he is saying, it is welcome, but it is not a substitute for a proper sunset clause that limits emergency, far-reaching anddraconianlegislation.
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If we have to have suchdraconianlegislation, it indicates that something is wrong with the very basis on which the state was createdand now exists.
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In that way, he will know exactly what is happening, how the services are being destroyed or cut, and the harm that is being done by thisdraconianlegislation.
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There will always be the hard cases, and when they arise there will always be calls fordraconianlegislation, still further controls, and a tightening up of the whole sector.
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