flagrancy

flagrancy
noun die Schamlosigkeit
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fla·gran·cy
[ˈfleɪgrən(t)si]
n
1. (barefaced audacity) Schamlosigkeit f
the \flagrancy of his disregard for authority shocked his parents seine schamlose Missachtung jeder Autorität schockierte seine Eltern; (shameless openness) Unverhohlenheit f, Unverfrorenheit f
2. (shocking horror) Schändlichkeit f
the \flagrancy of the action/crime die Ungeheuerlichkeit der Tat/des Verbrechens
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['fleIgrəns] ['fleIgrənsI]
n
eklatante or krasse Offensichtlichkeit; (of affair, defiance, disregard) Unverhohlenheit f

such was the flagrance of this injustice ... — das war eine derart eklatante or krasse or himmelschreiende Ungerechtigkeit ...

the unabashed flagrance of his abuse of privilege — die unverhohlene Art, mit der er seine Privilegien missbraucht

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flagrancy [ˈfleıɡrənsı] s
1. Schamlosigkeit f, Schändlichkeit f, Ungeheuerlichkeit f
2. Krassheit f

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