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Meanings of commit an outrage in English

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Usage of commit an outrage in English
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She had played it in order to compel Jouvenet to commit an outrage.
His Excellency the Minister
2
If you have a cause and commit an outrage you will lead the news .
The Irish Times
3
Calmly but firmly did he appeal to them, and beseech them not to commit an outrage against life.
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
4
It will be seen then, that he who kills himself, does not, as it is pretended, commit an outrage on nature.
The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical Wor...
5
I committed an outrage on my own feelings.
No Name
6
That inhuman person committed an outrage on his family by making a fortune in the soap and candle trade.
A Rogue's Life
7
He felt like one who had committed an outrage out of the depths of a terrible hunger, a hunger of curiosity.
In the Wilderness
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"I cannot believe that Cresswell would deliberately commit an outrage upon me," he said.
Flames
9
As it was monstrous for the one to discharge his pistol, so the other could not resist without committing an outrage upon tradition.
A Book of Scoundrels
10
Gabrianelli believed that I had committed an outrage and refused to step into the ring again with a man who knew no honor.
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
11
The latter sentences were written in red ink, to express the blushes of her cheek, while She committed an outrage upon her virgin modesty.
The Monk: A Romance
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'By God, sirs,' he said, 'it would not be right for me to commit an outrage by killing you.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
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In the anger excited by this thought, he lost sight of reason and decency, and determined on committing an outrage at once odious and ridiculous.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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