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- noun Plural form of
transgressor .
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But this variation of the designation ( "lies" being put for "liars") may be intended to signify generally that all transgression disappears, because transgressors cease to be cognizable _as transgressors_.
An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality James Challis 1842
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The force systems that ‘flag up’ such transgressors is a bit arbitrary but the actual implementation is pretty well left to the discretion of individual managers and the skill is identifying the malingerers and supporting the genuine cases, particularly if someone is hiding issues like stress etc.
Swine Flu Threat To Police Officers. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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These words of Lincoln reflect exactly what Imam said some over 1200 years ago that oppressors and transgressors from the true path of justice will emerge all the time.
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These words of Lincoln reflect exactly what Imam said some over 1200 years ago that oppressors and transgressors from the true path of justice will emerge all the time.
Hazrat Imam Hussain..Maksade Hussain « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006
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These words of Lincoln reflect exactly what Imam said some over 1200 years ago that oppressors and transgressors from the true path of justice will emerge all the time.
2006 October 13 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006
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Time and again, we are shocked at transgressions, making haste to isolate the few we identify as transgressors: just a handful of low-ranking individuals were held at all accountable for Abu Ghraib, for instance, with only one given a sentence exceeding a year and more receiving fines or discharges than prison time.
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Further, every law is binding, so that those who do not obey it are called transgressors.
The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997
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But in truth it mattered little whether he called transgressors to order or not.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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We are all born children of disobedience; we were called transgressors from the womb, and therefore it is easy to foresee that we shall deal treacherously, very treacherously.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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The great thing to be aimed at in teaching transgressors is their conversion to God; that is a happy point gained, and happy are those that are instrumental to contribute towards it, Jam.v. 20.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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