They are hoping the authorities will turn their customary blind eye.

I'll instruct the authorities to turn the reward over to you.

The authorities will then turn him over to his father, she said.

The authorities in this country have been turning a blind eye for too long.

At that time, the authorities turned part of the old campus into a jail for student protesters.

In response, the authorities are increasingly turning to raw force to maintain control.

Many of them died - but the authorities turned a blind eye.

The authorities have turned a deaf ear to attempts by some residents to put the war behind them.

Nonetheless, say close friends, he had become increasingly worried that it was only a matter of time before his own authorities turned against him.

"And if they are in their country, we expect the Syrian authorities to turn them over to the proper folks."