commit an injustice
Frequency: 6.88.5 per million words
To perform an act that is unfair or unjust.
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- To withhold crucial evidence would be to commit an injustice against the defendant.
- The judge warned against any actions that might commit an injustice to either party.
- Historically, many governments have been accused of seeking to commit grave injustices against minority groups.
- We must be vigilant not to commit an injustice when seeking retribution.
- By ignoring their pleas, the council will commit a serious injustice to the local residents.
- He argued that the system was designed to commit injustices rather than prevent them.
- To condemn someone without a fair hearing is to commit a fundamental injustice.
- If we rush this decision, we risk committing a terrible injustice.
- They believe the new policy will commit an economic injustice to the working class.
- The lawyer vowed not to let the court commit such an injustice against his client.