1.   An officer who wants to take it easy, for example, or run personal errands can do so with virtual impunity.

2.   But because the rings are so difficult to catch and prosecute, many continue to operate with virtual impunity, law enforcement officials said.

3.   He has thumbed his nose at all threats with virtual impunity, much to the irritation of the statesmen in Washington.

4.   Since few inmates caught using drugs in prison are prosecuted, some are selling marijuana or using heroin with virtual impunity while serving time for drug offenses.

5.   Paramilitary groups have been allowed to kill guerrillas, drug traffickers, and those they consider delinquents with virtual impunity, Sane said.

6.   Government soldiers retreating from eastern Zaire have pillaged, raped and killed with virtual impunity in recent months, Amnesty International says.

7.   Kidnappers have operated with virtual impunity in Ingushetia, which they use as a safe route to neighboring Chechnya.

8.   Kidnappers in the volatile region have operated with virtual impunity in Ingushetia, which they use as a safe route to Chechnya.

9.   Murder, theft, kidnapping and other crimes have been committed with virtual impunity.

10.   Rebels have operated in the zone with virtual impunity.