Sentences with phrase «spurious charges»
"Spurious charges" refers to false or unfounded accusations made against someone. These charges lack evidence or proper justification. Full definition
Stuart was imprisoned on spurious charges of seeking to overthrow Elizabeth to stake her right to the throne.
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Jesus was also brought to court on spurious charges; do you believe what his detractors said about him?
Yet immigration is rarely debated - indeed it is systematically smothered by spurious charges of racism.
However, if Owen Smith is under attack as a lobbyist for Big Pharma, no matter how spurious the charge, this appointment hands his opponents ammunition.
His imprisonment is ostensibly for illegal ties to a hostile foreign government, but according to Amnesty International, it is actually «for his refusal to work on military projects in Iran and as a result of spurious charges related to his legitimate scholarly ties with academic institutions outside of Iran.»
It is entirely usual and patently unacceptable for the police force to do many of the things they've been doing on video over the last few days: firing projectiles toward residents at random, macing people who came out of a bathroom, knocking over and kicking elderly women before arresting them on spurious charges, running cars into crowds, using strobe lights on crowds of protesters at night knowing there were epileptics in the area, and putting a synagogue under siege on Shabbat.