"And that basically makes the Police Department virtually immune to criticism."

Many industries, from residential construction to medical care and other services, are virtually immune to international competition.

Witnesses told the committee that prosecutors were virtually immune from all of the profession's sanctions.

In this era of deregulation, the industry has been virtually immune to lawsuits on the issue.

Chimps, it turns out, can contract the virus, but they are virtually immune to its effects.

Nandinas are virtually immune to injury from disease or insects.

Opera employees in countries like the Netherlands are virtually immune from dismissal.

As a result, many lyrics are virtually immune to published analysis, much less criticism.

Indeed, some investors consider themselves virtually immune to geopolitical risks.

In the American presidential system, with fixed elections the executive is virtually immune from removal by the legislature.