adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
crime
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The argument of all crackdown law is that it applies special, draconian measures to tackle some heinous crime .
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We not only face the heinous crimes dead on, we face our fellow viewers.
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For Mankins, seeing Harris die was simple retribution for a heinous crime .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For agents, the new concern is that the heinous activity may be directed at them.
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Gough has not committed a heinous sin in Kurunegala.
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The argument of all crackdown law is that it applies special, draconian measures to tackle some heinous crime.
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The way he had misled her, Blanche thought, was heinous enough if his loyalty had lain with the same country.
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We not only face the heinous crimes dead on, we face our fellow viewers.
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What purpose is served by such senseless and heinous acts?