justify

It comes in the wake of a cluster of similar murders, which some people are justifying in the name of protection from terrorism.
Cela s’inscrit dans le sillage d’un ensemble d’assassinats similaires, que certaines personnes justifient au nom de la protection contre le terrorisme.
They are justifying this to us by saying that we are in an era of cuts.
On nous justifie cela en affirmant que nous sommes à une ère de réductions budgétaires.
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