vicariously
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But they mustn't be allowed to savor, even vicariously, the delights of stolen and unearned pleasure.
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- In a vicarious manner.
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But they mustn't be allowed to savor, even vicariously, the delights of stolen and unearned pleasure.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 2 - Men like Knighton had better not commit crimes even vicariously, they had better not be involved in crimes they imagine they have committed vicariously. ' — The Speaker Of Mandarin
- It was as if this young war veteran had to experience death vicariously, here and now -- after the fact -- to somehow justify what his slaughtered best buddies had faced and lost. — Covenant
- Daeman used it — taking an unexpected pleasure in vicariously treating the arrogant Odysseus this way — tossed it in the hole, kicked mud over the hole, hitched up his trousers and set his tunic straight, tried to wash his hands against the rain-slick cornstalks, and then picked up his flashlight and walked the two dozen or so rows out of the field. — Ilium
- By having sex with her, he enters once again, vicariously, the maternal body from which he was ejected. — Shakespeare
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