privilege

Definition

  • noun: a right or benefit that is given to some people and not to others
  • noun: a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor
  • synonyms: liberty, franchise, immunity

Examples

  • The prisoner's exercise 'privileges' were taken away. [=the prisoner was no longer allowed to exercise]

  • attorney-client 'privilege' [=the right an attorney has to keep information shared by a client secret]

  • children of 'privilege' [=privileged children; children from wealthy families with high social status]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) "A face picked from the masses," he called her. Plucked. a true leader, could be anything else. I had the privilege of knowing a small-town girl from the seam in district who survived the hunger games and the quarter quell and rose up and turned (..)
    2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2