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shot through with

Preposition CEFR C1

Definitions

Infused, permeated, streaked with (something).

Examples

“One of the great strengths of the mediaeval penitential system at its best (and stripped of the undoubted corruptions with which it was shot through) lay⟳ in its teaching about the use⟳ of the will for good in those in whom the Holy Spirit is at work⟳.”
“Chinese government and society are shot through with corruption.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

since sithence soon spite spite of sub

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