"justify" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

justify verbo

justify + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 44
justify one's actions • justify one's decision • justify one's existence • justify the means • justify the cost • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(3) existence, presence
Kolokacji: 2
(4) mean, approach
Kolokacji: 2
(8) belief, faith, Love
Kolokacji: 3
  • This was said to justify his detention without trial in civilian courts.
  • Apparently, there was no legitimate reason justifying these people's detention.
  • Officials have justified his detention by saying he is considered to be an enemy combatant.
  • He was not allowed to defend himself at the Potemkin hearing held to justify his detention.
  • The lie was broadcast around the world, and used to justify his indefinite detention without trial.
  • Kalashnikova said that the authorities justified her detention as being because she had been "aggressive".
  • "Sufficient evidence exists to justify their detention - the testimony of the relatives, the neighbors."
  • These laws justify preventive detention and encourage to extract confessions by any method.
  • Moreover, if subsequently called upon to justify a person's detention or other actions to control him, the foreign material can be relied upon.
  • We've heard the term "enemy combatants" used to justify indefinite detention without due process, and assassination.
2. justify slavery = usprawiedliw niewolnictwo justify slavery
3. justify repression = usprawiedliw ucisk justify repression
4. justify oppression = usprawiedliw ucisk justify oppression
verbo + justify
Kolokacji: 8
try to justify • used to justify • justify by saying • help justify • seek to justify • ...
justify + preposición
Kolokacji: 16
justify by • justify in • justify on • justify to • justify for • ...
justify + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 13
fully justify • hardly justify • wholly justify • alone justify • easily justify • ...

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