Feared and respected by all other felons, he has an untouchable status amongst them as well as to the guards.

They were regarded as both polluted and polluting, membership of the caste was hereditary, and escape from the untouchable status was not possible.

The ouster of his one-time mentor robbed Mladic of his untouchable status.

Newman is particularly puzzling when she says American society assigns low-wage workers "the untouchable status of the Indian low castes."

Perhaps for their tenacity and perseverance, the Australian South Sea Islanders achieved an untouchable status, which unfortunately was not afforded to the native Aboriginals of the time.

On Sunday, Torre had placed modest doubt on Gooden's untouchable status by saying he "reserved the right to change my mind," about Gooden's spot in the rotation.

Landis didn't possess Armstrong's untouchable status or vast Hollywood reach.

Their untouchable status apparently originated, centuries earlier, in "unclean" jobs, from handling leather to burying the dead.

Due to their untouchable status in the Contest, these countries became known as the "Big Four".

Marino had enjoyed a virtually untouchable status against the Jets in his career: he had been sacked no more than once in any of his seven previous games against the Jets.