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discriminate against

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discriminate against someone or something
to single out a type of person or thing for special negative treatment or denial of equal treatment; to act in a prejudicial manner against someone or something. This law discriminates against short people. You discriminate against people in wheelchairs.


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It's closing time for a lawsuit alleging ladies' nights at nightclubs discriminate against men.
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We [the LWF council] draw the attention of LWF member churches to the existence in approximately 70 countries of travel and entry restrictions which discriminate against people living with HIV," the council stated, when it received recommendations of its program committee for international affairs and human rights, presented by Rev.
 
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