Ultimately, most crime arises not from greedy human nature, but from privation and the social dislocation that accompanies it. |
It points to a privation of being, to the absence of moral, spiritual being, in Panurge. |
Those who love to play the martyr submerge their own personalities. They devote a lifetime to unnecessary servitude and privation. |
A doctor gave evidence that the children had undergone privations for want of clothing and food. |
It is true that the Scottish health service has not suffered the privations reported in London, for instance. |
Food never tasted so good, but my privations were temporary while his were a longterm condition. |