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Unrecht (injustice) +‎ Staat (state)

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʊnrɛçt͡sʃtaːt/
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Unrechtsstaat m (mixed, genitive Unrechtsstaates or Unrechtsstaats, plural Unrechtsstaaten)

  1. (politics) state without justice, tyranny
    Antonym: Rechtsstaat
    • 1952 March, German jurist Fritz Bauer, Closing argument in the Remer trial to exonerate the protagonists of the 20 July plot[1]:
      Ein Unrechtsstaat, der täglich Zehntausende Morde begeht, berechtigt jedermann zur Notwehr.
      Everyone is entitled to self-defense against an unjust state that commits tens of thousands of murders every day.

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