adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a punitive expedition (= one an army undertakes to punish someone )
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The Afghan army mounted a punitive expedition against the local militia groups.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Many have been psychologically damaged, like Yasmin, whose continuous self-injury meant that she was moved into a more punitive environment.
■ NOUN
action
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The president, however, can issue waivers to prevent punitive actions .
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Once again, the agency sent a strongly worded warning letter, but took no punitive action .
award
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However, he said that the punitive award to the estate of Nicole Brown Simpson might be more vulnerable.
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Some Wall Street firms have expressed outrage at punitive awards , and many investors have complained of brokers' stalling tactics.
damage
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The judgment reflected a refusal by the court to limit punitive damage awards.
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In exchange, the companies would be protected from punitive damage awards on past misconduct but not future misconduct.
damages
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Business groups had repeatedly pressed for punitive damages to be limited, complaining of the increasing size and frequency of such awards.
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Some of the negotiators, however, said the stalemate over the issue of punitive damages seemed especially intractable.
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The jury awarded punitive damages of £40,000 against Irving, and a further £40,000 against Cassell.
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The jury did not find that Saab acted maliciously or with oppression, however, and refused to award punitive damages .
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Insurance companies pay most punitive damages because they themselves are the defendants that juries are most likely to punish substantially.
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Deliberation on punitive damages begins today in 20 blast victims' lawsuit against Seminole Pipeline Co.
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He is asking for punitive damages of $ 6.9m.
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He was awarded $ 335, 000 in compensatory damages and $ 300, 617 in punitive damages.
expedition
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Maybe he would even mount a punitive expedition tonight, striking while the iron was hot, and all that.
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No mention was ever made of the 270 deaths at the Apalachicola fort or the punitive expedition against the settlement at Fowlton.
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First Hutus massacred Tutsis, then Tutsi soldiers went on punitive expeditions against the Hutus.
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The punitive expedition of a Merovingian monarch was not quickly forgotten.
measure
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Its proposed abolition and replacement with more punitive measures would further criminalise travellers for their way of life.
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As a punitive measure , the mayor closed black lodging houses and hotels at public insistence.
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His renunciation also rested upon a dubious legal sentence of 1202, a punitive measure against King John by Philip Augustus.
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The bulldozing was a punitive measure .
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The government, however, had only just begun their punitive measures against excessive liberalism.
sanction
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It represents a number of auxiliary practices which make punitive sanctions more effective.
tariff
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He described the prospect of punitive tariffs as sad.
tax
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People considering retiring early would be caught by that punitive tax .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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punitive taxes
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Government forces immediately took punitive action against the rebels.
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The company was ordered to pay punitive damages in a sex discrimination case.
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The sanctions were a punitive measure used to try to force South Africa to reject apartheid.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As Baker repeatedly told jurors, the intent of punitive damages is to punish, not destroy.
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But far too many listen only rarely to their children and have little to say to them that is not punitive .
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He was awarded $ 335, 000 in compensatory damages and $ 300, 617 in punitive damages.
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His kiss was an assault, punitive , compelling her lips to part, robbing her of breath.
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However, he said that the punitive award to the estate of Nicole Brown Simpson might be more vulnerable.
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New students were aware of 1987's punitive assignments.
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Such punitive gestures fulfilled the important function of maintaining mechanical solidarity at the requisite pitch.
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The president, however, can issue waivers to prevent punitive actions.