Synonym: punitory. Similar words: cognitive, initiative, munitions, sensitive, inquisitive, punish, unit, unity. Meaning: ['pjuːnətɪv] adj. inflicting punishment.
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61. The judgment reflected a refusal by the court to limit punitive damage awards.
62. First Hutus massacred Tutsis, then Tutsi soldiers went on punitive expeditions against the Hutus.
63. The recommendation of a national standard for punitive damages would block states from preventing such awards.
64. If the jury had ruled against compensatory damages, the case would not have been able to proceed to the punitive stage.
65. The jury did not find that Saab acted maliciously or with oppression, however, and refused to award punitive damages.
66. Rudi considered F a punitive grade, and he almost never gave one out.
67. But the estate also is asking for punitive damages, designed to punish Simpson for his conduct.
68. But the real issue may be how long Baghdad can forestall what increasingly appears to be inevitable punitive action.
69. Punitive damages can be awarded when false statements are made maliciously.
70. Separate trials on actual and punitive damages would then be required.
71. The child will then begin to make even more demands and the parent may become punitive in order to stop the demands.
72. Store cards Store cards do not deserve their place in your wallet as they carry punitive rates of interest.
73. The sanctions were a punitive measure used to try to force South Africa to reject apartheid.
74. People considering retiring early would be caught by that punitive tax.
75. These myths serve as justification for the harsh views toward this segment of the population and consequently their punitive treatment.
76. As a punitive measure,[http://sentencedict.com/punitive.html] the mayor closed black lodging houses and hotels at public insistence.
77. The punitive expedition of a Merovingian monarch was not quickly forgotten.
78. We do not allow a person to learn to drive a car by exposing him to serious punitive contingencies.
79. He was awarded $ 335, 000 in compensatory damages and $ 300, 617 in punitive damages.
80. Insurance companies pay most punitive damages because they themselves are the defendants that juries are most likely to punish substantially.
81. Many have been psychologically damaged, like Yasmin, whose continuous self-injury meant that she was moved into a more punitive environment.
82. The punitive damages that we awarded is a deterrent for other murders, not just Mr Simpson.
83. The jury awarded punitive damages of £40,000 against Irving, and a further £40,000 against Cassell.
84. Fearful of punitive damages, companies will avoid doing anything that might later be seen as an admission of guilt.
85. No mention was ever made of the 270 deaths at the Apalachicola fort or the punitive expedition against the settlement at Fowlton.
86. Some Wall Street firms have expressed outrage at punitive awards, and many investors have complained of brokers' stalling tactics.
87. Business groups had repeatedly pressed for punitive damages to be limited, complaining of the increasing size and frequency of such awards.
88. We recognize this when we talk about the punitive contingencies in the natural environment.
89. Its proposed abolition and replacement with more punitive measures would further criminalise travellers for their way of life.
90. If muggers can be deterred by punitive sentencing, then some of them must be made an example of.
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