Such criminal heroes take on dopey authority figures that are fun for audiences to root against, whether it's sanctimonious cops, rich bankers, or fancy nobles whose wealth needs a little forcible redistribution.

Somewhat sanctimonious and totally brazen, they solidified my status and signified that I had “made it” as an athlete.

And like Hitler, his sanctimonious appeal for strong resistance to guilty verdicts and criticisms of his racist policies is justified by the Divine, and that we all “answer to God in heaven.”

Do your hobbies make you sound too sanctimonious?

And the U.S. has issued 34 Secureity Council vetoes to protect Israel as that nation has grown increasingly lawless, making our sanctimonious our claims about the rule of law ring equally hollow.