Colonial Authorities

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Colonial Authorities has 37 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 30 references, with 2 live disagreements.

37 facts·33 predicates·30 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:disbanded unit(3), considered fit young men(2), described system as(2)

Inbound mentions (33)

Other subjects in dontopedia point AT this entity as a value. These are inverse relationships — e.g. "X motherOf this subject" — and answer questions the forward facts can't. Grouped by predicate.

`receivesRations`Receives Rations(7)

Aboriginesex:aborigines
Aboriginesex:aborigines
Aboriginesex:aborigines
Aboriginesex:aborigines
Aboriginesex:aborigines
Aboriginesex:aborigines
Aboriginesex:aborigines

`cannotWithoutLondon`Cannot Without London(1)

Legislationex:legislation

`condemnedFrequently`Condemned Frequently(1)

Fan Tanex:fan-tan

`consideredDangerous`Considered Dangerous(1)

Fit Young Menex:fit-young-men

`deonticObligation`Deontic Obligation(1)

Rations Supplyex:rations-supply

`didNotReportToAuthorities`Did Not Report to Authorities(1)

Moo Lans Two Partnersex:moo-lans-two-partners

`disbandedBeforeDeployment`Disbanded Before Deployment(1)

Bob Barrett Groupex:bob-barrett-group

`disbandedBeforeDeploymentBy`Disbanded Before Deployment by(1)

Bob Barrett Groupex:bob-barrett-group

`exchangedServicesForGoods`Exchanged Services for Goods(1)

Aboriginal Menex:aboriginal-men

`framedAsMurder`Framed As Murder(1)

Nmp Event Eid 21134ex:nmp-event-eid-21134

`generallyDoNotReportIncidents`Generally Do Not Report Incidents(1)

Chinese Peopleex:chinese-people

`givenBy`Given by(1)

King of the Bloomfield Plateex:king-of-the-bloomfield-plate

`hadMachineryOfControlOver`Had Machinery of Control Over(1)

Executive Councilex:executive-council

`impliedAsRationRecipients`Implied As Ration Recipients(1)

Aboriginesex:aborigines

`isPolicyGoal`Is Policy Goal(1)

Befriending Blacksex:befriending-blacks

`isTrackedBy`Is Tracked by(1)

Chinese Immigrationex:chinese-immigration

`presupposesExistenceOf`Presupposes Existence of(1)

Nmp Event 21076ex:nmp-event-21076

`presupposesTracking`Presupposes Tracking(1)

Immigrant Numbersex:immigrant-numbers

`providesInformationTo`Provides Information to(1)

Ex Native Trooperex:ex-native-trooper

`receivesRationsFrom`Receives Rations From(1)

Aboriginesex:aborigines

`recognizesLeadersOrLiaisons`Recognizes Leaders or Liaisons(1)

Aboriginal Breastplateex:aboriginal-breastplate

`sanctionedByOfficials`Sanctioned by Officials(1)

Child Labourex:child-labour

`subjectToForceByImplication`Subject to Force by Implication(1)

Kuku Yulanji Peopleex:kuku-yulanji-people

`targetsAudience`Targets Audience(1)

Proposal to Employ Aboriginals on North Shoreex:proposal-to-employ-aboriginals-on-north-shore

`teleologicallyImprisoned`Teleologically Imprisoned(1)

Jas Comesex:jas-comes

`viewedAsThreat`Viewed As Threat(1)

Aboriginal Peopleex:aboriginal-people

`viewedNegatively`Viewed Negatively(1)

Chinese Immigrationex:chinese-immigration

Other facts (37)

The long tail: predicates that appear too rarely to warrant their own section. Filter or scroll to find a specific one. Each row links to its source.

37 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Disbanded Unit	before deployment	[11]
Disbanded Unit	Paramilitary Force	[17]
Disbanded Unit	Bob Barrett Detachment	[18]
Considered Fit Young Men	Potentially Dangerous	[6]
Considered Fit Young Men	Potentially Dangerous	[7]
Described System As	free	[30]
Described System As	free migration	[30]
Enforces Labor Compliance	Cooktown Bench	[1]
Responsive to Crises	true	[2]
Made Exhibition of	Hanging Aboriginal Offenders	[3]
Lenient to Blacks	Policy Toward Blacks	[4]
Commit to Humanitarian Over Punitive Approach	null	[5]
Prepared to	Exhibition of Hanging Aboriginal Offenders	[8]
Considered Effective	teaching natives a lesson through violence	[9]
Considered Effective Pacification	Teaching Natives Lesson Violence	[10]
Distribute Blankets to Aboriginals Regularly	true	[12]
Distribute Blankets Annually	true	[13]
Respond to Petitions for Protection Blankets Police	null	[14]
Respond to Complaints With	Native Police Deployments	[15]
Presupposes Existence of	Ongoing Aboriginal Conflicts	[16]
Disbanded	Paramilitary Force	[17]
Provided Blankets to Aboriginals Regularly	null	[19]
Committed to Rationing Aboriginals	null	[20]
Condoned	Forced Relocations	[21]
Responded Swiftly to	Edmund Watson Murder	[22]
Viewed Young Men As	potentially dangerous, in need of controlling	[23]
Issued Warrant Against	Canary	[24]
Have Responsibility for Protection	null	[25]
Responded With Arrest	null	[26]
Presuppose Need for Force	null	[27]
Appointed	Kings of Tribes	[28]
Granted	King Plates	[28]
Went Against	Traditional Aboriginal Culture	[28]
Created Hierarchy Where None Existed	Aboriginal Society	[28]
Determined	Who Received Breastplates	[28]
Value Information About	Mineral Resources	[29]
Type	Organisation	[30]

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

37 undated

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enforcesLaborCompliancetrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown

ex:cooktown-bench

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responsiveToCrisestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

true

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madeExhibitionOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-text-loops298-307-batch-2

ex:hanging-aboriginal-offenders

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lenientToBlacksrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/03-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-291460752-0e564e9c592c

ex:policy-toward-blacks

—

commitToHumanitarianOverPunitiveApproachrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/004-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-814b5907-e9d2-485f-abe7--23c242bb9ede

null

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consideredFitYoungMenrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/003-archaeologyonthefrontier-com-2018-04-13-recruiting-part-i-ffbb3d9d4513

ex:potentially-dangerous

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consideredFitYoungMenrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/003-archaeologyonthefrontier-com-2018-04-13-recruiting-part-i-html-extracted-259fa8913124

ex:potentially-dangerous

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preparedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-research-repository-griffith-edu-au-server-api-core-bitstreams-ebe114c0-5be3-508a-9ca6-5660cab50239-conten-4a2c91d84a9c

ex:exhibition-of-hanging-aboriginal-offenders

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consideredEffectiverosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/springer-pagels-2024-asymmetrical-warfare

teaching natives a lesson through violence

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consideredEffectivePacificationrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/pagels-2024-asymmetrical-warfare-qsa-spring-creek-record-series

ex:teaching-natives-lesson-violence

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disbandedUnitrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/australian-native-police-isley-reference-lead

before deployment

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distributeBlanketsToAboriginalsRegularlyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-beche-de-mer-women-sold-shot-mobray-cooktown

true

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distributeBlanketsAnnuallyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-hotel-publican-employer-aboriginal-woman

true

—

respondToPetitionsForProtectionBlanketsPolicerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-servant-employment-young-black-girl

null

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respondToComplaintsWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-mission-saltwater-creek-daintree-mowbray

ex:native-police-deployments

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presupposesExistenceOfrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-port-douglas-aboriginal-children-women

ex:ongoing-aboriginal-conflicts

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disbandedUnitrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-sold-boys-work-carrier

ex:paramilitary-force

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disbandedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-sold-boys-work-carrier

ex:paramilitary-force

—

disbandedUnitrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-employed-servant-girl-children

ex:bob-barrett-detachment

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providedBlanketsToAboriginalsRegularlyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-cooktown-hotel-publican-aboriginal-children

null

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committedToRationingAboriginalsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-term-hits-mowbray-mobray-port-douglas

null

—

condonedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/griffith-calculating-lives-forced-separations-roth-labour-yarrabah-chunk-07-of-07

ex:forced-relocations

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respondedSwiftlyTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-watson-urquhart-coen-archer-may-june-1889

ex:edmund-watson-murder

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viewedYoungMenAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aotf-recruiting-aboriginal-boys-men-native-police-3230

potentially dangerous, in need of controlling

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issuedWarrantAgainstrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0240-eid-12310

ex:canary

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haveResponsibilityForProtectionrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0448-eid-18992

null

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respondedWithArrestrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0806-eid-21341

null

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presupposeNeedForForcerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0236-eid-12223

null

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appointedblucher-uhr/wikipedia--aboriginal-breastplate

ex:kings-of-tribes

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grantedblucher-uhr/wikipedia--aboriginal-breastplate

ex:king-plates

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wentAgainstblucher-uhr/wikipedia--aboriginal-breastplate

ex:traditional-aboriginal-culture

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createdHierarchyWhereNoneExistedblucher-uhr/wikipedia--aboriginal-breastplate

ex:aboriginal-society

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determinedblucher-uhr/wikipedia--aboriginal-breastplate

ex:who-received-breastplates

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valueInformationAboutblucher-uhr/sqlite--qsa-32042131--qsa847185-1886-telegram-from-reginald-uhr-to-under-colonial-secretary-30-january,-in-lette

ex:mineral-resources

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describedSystemAsval-mauritius/wf15-22-indian-indenture-system-wikipedia

free

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describedSystemAsval-mauritius/wf15-22-indian-indenture-system-wikipedia

free migration

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typeval-mauritius/wf15-22-indian-indenture-system-wikipedia

ex:organisation

References (30)

30 references

[1]Malay Cooktown1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
[2]Beche De Mer1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[3]Downloaded Archive Text Loops298 307 Batch 21 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive-text-loops298-307-batch-2
[4]03 Trove Nla Gov Au Newspaper Article 291460752 0e564e9c592c1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/03-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-291460752-0e564e9c592c
[5]004 Www Publications Qld Gov Au Dataset 30d27611 1da0 4b34 B175 434686e794f8 Resource 814b5907 E9d2 485f Abe7 23c242bb9ede1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/004-www-publications-qld-gov-au-dataset-30d27611-1da0-4b34-b175-434686e794f8-resource-814b5907-e9d2-485f-abe7--23c242bb9ede
[6]003 Archaeologyonthefrontier Com 2018 04 13 Recruiting Part I Ffbb3d9d45131 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/003-archaeologyonthefrontier-com-2018-04-13-recruiting-part-i-ffbb3d9d4513
[7]003 Archaeologyonthefrontier Com 2018 04 13 Recruiting Part I Html Extracted 259fa89131241 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/003-archaeologyonthefrontier-com-2018-04-13-recruiting-part-i-html-extracted-259fa8913124
[8]002 Research Repository Griffith Edu Au Server Api Core Bitstreams Ebe114c0 5be3 508a 9ca6 5660cab50239 Conten 4a2c91d84a9c1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/002-research-repository-griffith-edu-au-server-api-core-bitstreams-ebe114c0-5be3-508a-9ca6-5660cab50239-conten-4a2c91d84a9c
[9]Springer Pagels 2024 Asymmetrical Warfare1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/springer-pagels-2024-asymmetrical-warfare
[10]Pagels 2024 Asymmetrical Warfare Qsa Spring Creek Record Series1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/pagels-2024-asymmetrical-warfare-qsa-spring-creek-record-series
[11]Australian Native Police Isley Reference Lead1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/australian-native-police-isley-reference-lead
[12]Qsa Index Graph Search Qsa Graph Search Beche De Mer Women Sold Shot Mobray Cooktown1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-beche-de-mer-women-sold-shot-mobray-cooktown
[13]Qsa Index Graph Search Qsa Graph Search Hotel Publican Employer Aboriginal Woman1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-hotel-publican-employer-aboriginal-woman
[14]Qsa Index Graph Search Qsa Graph Search Servant Employment Young Black Girl1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-servant-employment-young-black-girl
[15]Qsa Index Graph Search Qsa Graph Search Mission Saltwater Creek Daintree Mowbray1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-mission-saltwater-creek-daintree-mowbray
[16]Qsa Index Graph Search Qsa Graph Search Port Douglas Aboriginal Children Women1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-graph-search-qsa-graph-search-port-douglas-aboriginal-children-women
[17]Qsa Publican Hotel Employer Handoff Search Qsa Local Text Search Sold Boys Work Carrier2 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-sold-boys-work-carrier
[18]Qsa Publican Hotel Employer Handoff Search Qsa Local Text Search Employed Servant Girl Children1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-employed-servant-girl-children
[19]Qsa Publican Hotel Employer Handoff Search Qsa Local Text Search Cooktown Hotel Publican Aboriginal Children1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-publican-hotel-employer-handoff-search-qsa-local-text-search-cooktown-hotel-publican-aboriginal-children
[20]Qsa Index Term Hits Mowbray Mobray Port Douglas1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa-index-term-hits-mowbray-mobray-port-douglas
[21]Griffith Calculating Lives Forced Separations Roth Labour Yarrabah Chunk 07 of 071 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/griffith-calculating-lives-forced-separations-roth-labour-yarrabah-chunk-07-of-07
[22]Trove Watson Urquhart Coen Archer May June 18891 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-watson-urquhart-coen-archer-may-june-1889
[23]Aotf Recruiting Aboriginal Boys Men Native Police 32301 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aotf-recruiting-aboriginal-boys-men-native-police-3230
[24]Row 0240 Eid 123101 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0240-eid-12310
[25]Row 0448 Eid 189921 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0448-eid-18992
[26]Row 0806 Eid 213411 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0806-eid-21341
[27]Row 0236 Eid 122231 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0236-eid-12223
[28]Wikipedia Aboriginal Breastplate5 facts
ctx:research/blucher-uhr/wikipedia--aboriginal-breastplate
[29]Sqlite Qsa 32042131 Qsa847185 1886 Telegram From Reginald Uhr to Under Colonial Secretary 30 January, in Lette1 fact
ctx:research/blucher-uhr/sqlite--qsa-32042131--qsa847185-1886-telegram-from-reginald-uhr-to-under-colonial-secretary-30-january,-in-lette
[30]Wf15 22 Indian Indenture System Wikipedia3 facts
ctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf15-22-indian-indenture-system-wikipedia

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Inbound mentions (33)

receivesRationsReceives Rations(7)

cannotWithoutLondonCannot Without London(1)

condemnedFrequentlyCondemned Frequently(1)

consideredDangerousConsidered Dangerous(1)

deonticObligationDeontic Obligation(1)

didNotReportToAuthoritiesDid Not Report to Authorities(1)

disbandedBeforeDeploymentDisbanded Before Deployment(1)

disbandedBeforeDeploymentByDisbanded Before Deployment by(1)

exchangedServicesForGoodsExchanged Services for Goods(1)

framedAsMurderFramed As Murder(1)

generallyDoNotReportIncidentsGenerally Do Not Report Incidents(1)

givenByGiven by(1)

hadMachineryOfControlOverHad Machinery of Control Over(1)

impliedAsRationRecipientsImplied As Ration Recipients(1)

isPolicyGoalIs Policy Goal(1)

isTrackedByIs Tracked by(1)

presupposesExistenceOfPresupposes Existence of(1)

presupposesTrackingPresupposes Tracking(1)

providesInformationToProvides Information to(1)

receivesRationsFromReceives Rations From(1)

recognizesLeadersOrLiaisonsRecognizes Leaders or Liaisons(1)

sanctionedByOfficialsSanctioned by Officials(1)

subjectToForceByImplicationSubject to Force by Implication(1)

targetsAudienceTargets Audience(1)

teleologicallyImprisonedTeleologically Imprisoned(1)

viewedAsThreatViewed As Threat(1)

viewedNegativelyViewed Negatively(1)

Other facts (37)

Timeline

References (30)

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`receivesRations`Receives Rations(7)

`cannotWithoutLondon`Cannot Without London(1)

`condemnedFrequently`Condemned Frequently(1)

`consideredDangerous`Considered Dangerous(1)

`deonticObligation`Deontic Obligation(1)

`didNotReportToAuthorities`Did Not Report to Authorities(1)

`disbandedBeforeDeployment`Disbanded Before Deployment(1)

`disbandedBeforeDeploymentBy`Disbanded Before Deployment by(1)

`exchangedServicesForGoods`Exchanged Services for Goods(1)

`framedAsMurder`Framed As Murder(1)

`generallyDoNotReportIncidents`Generally Do Not Report Incidents(1)

`givenBy`Given by(1)

`hadMachineryOfControlOver`Had Machinery of Control Over(1)

`impliedAsRationRecipients`Implied As Ration Recipients(1)

`isPolicyGoal`Is Policy Goal(1)

`isTrackedBy`Is Tracked by(1)

`presupposesExistenceOf`Presupposes Existence of(1)

`presupposesTracking`Presupposes Tracking(1)

`providesInformationTo`Provides Information to(1)

`receivesRationsFrom`Receives Rations From(1)

`recognizesLeadersOrLiaisons`Recognizes Leaders or Liaisons(1)

`sanctionedByOfficials`Sanctioned by Officials(1)

`subjectToForceByImplication`Subject to Force by Implication(1)

`targetsAudience`Targets Audience(1)

`teleologicallyImprisoned`Teleologically Imprisoned(1)

`viewedAsThreat`Viewed As Threat(1)

`viewedNegatively`Viewed Negatively(1)