How To Use Punitive In A Sentence

Most church insurance policies exclude punitive damages. Christianity Today
Zechariah, however, is given a punitive sign, while the annunciation to Mary concludes with her pledge of willing submission.
In his book Reading, Writing, and the Hickory Stick, Dr. Irwin Hyman says that all of these punitive practices can leave a child with serious long-term aftereffects. How to Talk so Kids Can Learn
The city now seeks to amend the claim to plead fraudulent misrepresentation and deceit and to seek punitive damages.
The US could impose punitive tariffs of up to 100 % on some countries'exports.

I am delighted to assure the questioner that I would not support any regime that I regarded as punitive.
The punitive actions include economic sanctions, which are certain to deal a severe blow to the North, which desperately needs global aid.
Norris divides a law into a preceptive and a punitive element. Motherly Advice
He has had his heart set on launching a punitive war on whatever pretext.
No one wins in punitive relationships: parents and children alike feel frustrated, angry and unhappy.
The chances are you would be grateful to any institution that agreed to take your business - even if it charged punitive interest rates.
It is hard to see what more could be done other than a punitive and probably ineffectual bombing campaign.
Savers who exceed the annual or lifetime caps could face punitive tax charges. Times, Sunday Times
As Baker repeatedly told jurors, the intent of punitive damages is to punish, not destroy.
Thousands of Hindu temples and shrines were torn down and a punitive tax on Hindu subjects was re-imposed.
He said: ‘The judge punitively and vindictively imposed these defence costs.’
Both victims' estates have filed claims for punitive damages, which are designed to punish the killer and deter future slayings.
You report how overly punitive drug laws are responsible for leaving many children parentless.
The reality is that left to their own devices, most businesses that emit pollution will follow the money, even if that means treading punitively on the environment underfoot. Edward Flattau: Environmental Masochism
Rather than urge selective and punitive tax increases, Ms. Devine should be urging no taxes at all.
Rome teaches, that is, purificatory and punitive), but probatory, not restricted to those dying in "venial sin"; the supposed intermediate class between those entering heaven at once, and those dying in mortal sin who go to hell, but universal, testing the godly and ungodly alike Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
His kiss was an assault, punitive, compelling her lips to part, robbing her of breath.
Many of these carry layers of punitive charges. Times, Sunday Times
They praised reward schemes as an alternative to punitive charges on rubbish. Times, Sunday Times
What other punitive punishment entered the national heart so quickly? Times, Sunday Times
The committee members accused the top officials of the respective ministries and recommended that show-cause notice should be issued against the director general of the Directorate of Livestock for his failure to take punitive measures against the defalcators.
And even since Dobbs's ouster from the network last November, the immigration system has become even more punitive, with a notable rise in deportations under the Obama administration, compared to the rate under George W. Bush. Isabel Macdonald: The Dobbs & Pony Show: Snapshots of America's Immigration Hypocrisy
So your submission was directed at the specificity of a percentile discount rather than the entitlement of some allowance in the reduction of the punitive sentence?
The plaintiff in the court case was awarded punitive damages.
Punitive people are said to be bad eggs in all sorts of ways.
It is said therefore that the power to punish or to impose consequences which are penal or punitive is an exclusively judicial one.
The moves came amid growing anger about punitive mortgage charges. Times, Sunday Times
Punitive expeditions destroyed crops and stores and lifted cattle, leaving villagers to starve as a salutary lesson for resistance or revolt.
The recommendation of a national standard for punitive damages would block states from preventing such awards.
Asbos are a punitive measure that can criminalise people for behaviour that is not criminal.
Yes, pop culture pedagogy is, indeed, one way to funnily distract students from the mandatory, often punitive-seeming (to both students and teachers) experience of comp class.
This means that a jury award of punitive damages represents an uninsured risk. Christianity Today
The players were affordable and keen to escape their homeland's more punitive tax rates for higher earnings.
Anthony Burgess's nightmare vision of an elite using high culture as a "punitive slap on the chops" for low youth has come true.
Strict limits on the ratio of punitive to compensatory damages would elevate the importance of accurate measurement of compensatory harm.
Can punitive damages be assessed against a principal for the intentional or reckless acts of an agent? Christianity Today
In a statement released Monday night (November 3), Peter Agre, Sidney Altman, Robert Curl, and Torston Wiesel wrote that the Justice Department's determination to send Butler to jail sends a strong message to the scientific community 'that those scientists most involved in bioterrorism-related research are most likely to be victims of punitive attacks at the hands of federal authorities.' Archive 2003-11-01
The court can still award punitive damages. The Sun
He suggests only that in time, we will become so weary of our punitive politics that the system will, out of necessity, "outgrow" or "outlive" its current fractiousness. Fight Club
Olive Schreiner was not an aristocrat, and her perception of the Africa where she was born is a different perception than, for instance, the perception of someone like Karen Blixen, who, for all her remarkable empathy, brought her aristocratic assumptions to the continent and conceived herself as a benevolent goddess on a farm that existed because of the land-grabbing and punitive tax policies of the colonists. The Story of an African Farm
For commodities traders, shipping lines and banks, the costs have been punitive. Times, Sunday Times
It threatened punitive economic and diplomatic measures if Khartoum didn't move quickly.
Although religious worship as such was not outlawed, punitive taxes were imposed on the churches and many were forced to close.
Now they fear a Russian punitive expedition will be sent to destroy the town. Times, Sunday Times
The $1.1 billion deal announced yesterday includes claims for punitive damages brought by fishermen. Times, Sunday Times
Punitive and other reactions were considerably less common.
This claim was for damages in the amount of $100,000 for malicious falsehood and punitive damages in the amount of $50,000.
The psychologist warned that it would be harmful to confine him in the punitive ‘management unit’ or among men in the Red 1 compound designed for ‘long-term behaviour management’.
The same type of punitive policy exists for those who are married or in a de-facto relationship, or who have a dependent child.
2,000 Catholics in Dahomey 1830; active mission in interior 1860; French colonize 1872; resist signing protectorate treaty with Great Britain but after 8 British representatives killed, a British punitive expedition in 1897 destroyed much of Benin City and the country.. A survey of West Africa: a Chronology
the woman called across the bed, with an extra punitive swack at her left hand. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
He added that the punitive measures would simply suck more people in and'bring harm to all parties. Times, Sunday Times
And director Francesca Zambello kept a focus on storytelling so that the action was always clear, from the moment when the handsome captain of the guard, Narraboth, kills himself out of frustrated passion for the princess Salome to the moment when the princess, smeared with blood from the decapitated head she has just kissed, is punitively garrotted (rather than crushed by a shield) by another guardsman. Washington National Opera unveils a lively 'Salome'
The punitive expedition of a Merovingian monarch was not quickly forgotten.
To begin with, it treats hard-working organizational members as chil-dren who are best instructed by punitive example.
These myths serve as justification for the harsh views toward this segment of the population and consequently their punitive treatment.
But if the imposition of a punitive tax serves to reduce demand for starter homes, the strategy may backfire.
It was intended as a punitive expedition. The Scottish Regiments
The Rajasthan Oil Industries Association, for instance, demanded a government inquiry and insisted that punitive action be taken against those found guilty of adulterating the oil supply.
Forget the punitive mean-spirited class biassed cheeseparing. The nudge is no policy fudge | Francis Maude
Many of these carry layers of punitive charges. Times, Sunday Times
Mr Ingram said: ‘The judge punitively and vindictively imposed these defence costs.’
She sued for emotional distress, claiming punitive damages. Times, Sunday Times
The public enterprise spokesman said there was little point in the EU liberalising the car market to give better value to the consumers if the advantage is cancelled out by a punitive tax regime.
Unlike a fine paid in a criminal case, punitive damages go to the injured party.
She sued for emotional distress, claiming punitive damages. Times, Sunday Times
It is a punitive measure imposed post-facto under anti-terrorism legislation.
Of course, only a low-down sneak would at this point suggest that such a punitive policy should include hefty fines for wealthy parents whose children are found being sick in Leicester Square after completing their exams.
We are worried that this somewhat punitive approach will demotivate the pupils. Times, Sunday Times
Similarly punitive measures like charging fines from the public for flouting rules can be introduced.
I empathize with their authors, but I also know that punitive measures rarely work.
The jury assessed the plaintiff's total damages, including aggravated and punitive damages at $615,000.
These are punitive measures, not helpful measures for us. Times, Sunday Times
This training was underpinned by punitive disciplinary codes; troops were drilled, flogged, and caned into being more afraid of their officers than they were of the enemy.
With the advent of bridewells, convicts begin to inhabit separate punitive institutions for the first time.
reprehensibility" now has constitutional overtones - especially as to the amount of punitive damages that a jury can award. Drug and Device Law
The civil service post was resigned and the family removed to the Isle of Man to avoid the punitive tax system of the time.
It was intended as a punitive expedition. The Scottish Regiments
The most effective way to force a reduction of the violence on both sides is to take punitive economic measures.
Washington decided against punitive military action against the regime at the time. Times, Sunday Times
Removing punitive American policies would rob him of the one thing he needs most - a scapegoat.
All the more reason to allow market forces, rather than misguided and punitive regulation, to dictate the choices available to consumers.
The agency sent a letter, but took no punitive action.
The court can still award punitive damages. The Sun
With the advent of Jewish Emancipation, when ghetto walls crumble and the shtetlach begin to dissolve, Jewry-like some wide-eyed anthropologist-enters upon a strange world, to explore a strange people observing a strange halakah They examine this world in dismay, with wonder, anger, and punitive objectivity. Indymedia Ireland
But sanctions and other punitive financial measures aimed at dislodging Mr. Gbagbo and his supporters have damaged the Ivory Coast economy. Ivory Coast Rebels Seize Cocoa Hub
The Obama administration Wednesday urged employers to adopt "flexible and non-punitive" sick-leave policies as it released new guidelines for containing the spread of the H1N1 virus in the coming flu season. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: August 20, 2009
Punitive damages are designed to punish and deter misconduct.
The punitive duty may be adjusted by a final ruling of the U.S. International Trade Commission slated for late July.
Twenty years of court protection against punitive damages ensured its financial capacity and long-term success. Times, Sunday Times
There should be four elements in the liability of punitive damages, deliberation, illegal acts, actual damages, and cause-effect-relation.
The punitive measures were designed to give customers confidence that association members were certain to be upstanding businessmen.
Meanwhile, the state's burden on individuals and businesses remains punitively high, both in terms of Paris's tax take and its regulatory demands, and spending reductions have been incremental at best. Sarkozy's Last Chance
These are punitive measures, not helpful measures for us. Times, Sunday Times
The Law Commission emphasised that an award of punitive damages should be seen as a remedy of last resort.
The ensuing national uproar led to punitive taxes on repatriated assets that took the fun out of that maneuver.
On the show, Logan joins the major case squad on sufferance after a long, punitive stint on Staten Island, where he was exiled after taking a swing at a city councilman.
Traffic rules must be strictly followed and punitive measures taken.
At the same time, however, in trying to bring upwards, punitive pressure to low-performers (read mostly low-SES, across – but also within – schools), it also brought downwards pressure to high-performers, in the form of lowest-common-denominator, one-size fits all curriculum and teaching to the test, etc. Matthew Yglesias » Is Our Children Learning
During the Taiding reign (1324 – 1327) when the Huajiaoman (flower foot barbarian) rebelled, the emperor issued an edict to comfort them instead of launching a punitive expedition. 84 In 1325, some native peoples in Dali and Weichu revolted, and the provincial administration asked the court to pacify them, but the emperor denied this request and dispatched his envoys to deal with the "barbarians. Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)
The author argues that the new Act is extremely punitive and constitutes a gross infringement of civil liberties.
Beefeater also submits that no damages should be paid to the plaintiff for mental distress, or for punitive or aggravated damages.
And there should be punitive charges on broker loans to hedge funds that do not disclose their balance sheets. Times, Sunday Times
The ECB pays a 0.5% interest on overnight deposits and charges a punitively high 2% on overnight borrowing versus its main refinancing rate of 1.25%. ECB Deposits Hit New High
As Baker repeatedly told jurors, the intent of punitive damages is to punish, not destroy.
It should be noted that the defendant counterclaimed against the plaintiffs for general damages of $250, 000.00 and punitive damages of $50, 000.00.
Investigations like this and others prove the death penalty is this country's ultimate punitive measure used almost exclusively against "unworthy, unpeople victims" to eliminate the unwanted, and those targeted are largely defenseless against it. "Worthy and Unworthy Victims"
There are calls for more punitive measures against people who drink and drive.
At the same time, writer specifies the differences on the elements of liability of punitive payment and compensatory payment of breach contract.
Punitive methods persistently used against a background of rejecting, hostile parental attitudes lead, in the long term, to trouble.
Punitive methods persistently used against a background of rejecting, hostile parental attitudes lead, in the long term, to trouble.
As a developing nation, Brazil has adopted punitive interest rates to stay afloat in the midst of economic shocks.
OFAC is inherently a regulator and punitively focused. John McAuliff: President Opens Door for Travel to Cuba
Yet no one specified what punitive action they wanted taken. Times, Sunday Times
The cost of scrambling the police helicopter far outweighs any punitive fine imposed on any one of these offenders, were they to have been genuine.
The punitive sum would have bankrupted the reporters.
Malger seeks an award of damages for its lease fleet, annual income stream and punitive and aggravated damages.
The regulatory climate for money market funds is "punitive, even adversarial," said Joe Abate, money market strategist with Barclays Capital.
This "non-punitive" action would be considered a violation of the Army Field Manual if used in an interrogation overseas. Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Is This Quantico or Abu Ghraib?
Mr. Gwire notes that presenting the punitive damages case to 12 new jurors was an unusual legal situation and required much of the original case to be re-presented because "reprehensibility" is a major factor in determining the amount of punitive damages. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
It included high fines, a pointless, punitive "touchback" requirement and new restrictions on family unification, among other problematic provisions. PubliCola Video and Photos from Saturday’s Immigration Reform Rally « PubliCola
And the translation of that punitive word, Stobrod, into a word of joy, brotherliness, the divinity of God even in this very soiled and crude and redemptionless man, is also the lesson of the book.
It invites the Court to make a punitive order as to costs against the ‘person’ whose conduct has been improper.
The event, known as the Boston Tea Party, led to a series of British punitive measures which propelled the colonies towards war.
This is precisely why punitive taxation, while unfair in the short term, is fair in the long run - it will force a deeper, systemic change in the way we organise our city.
Punitive damages are often requested by a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the defendant for his misconduct, and are awarded with an amount beyond the plaintiffs actual loss.
What was bothering me was the thought that my boss was acting in a punitive kind of way with intent to gyp me out of what I was entitled to for the purposes of saving money.
There are calls for more punitive measures against people who drink and drive.
And director Francesca Zambello kept a focus on storytelling so that the action was always clear, from the moment when the handsome captain of the guard, Narraboth, kills himself out of frustrated passion for the princess Salome to the moment when the princess, smeared with blood from the decapitated head she has just kissed, is punitively garrotted (rather than crushed by a shield) by another guardsman. Washington National Opera unveils a lively 'Salome'
There is no point in investing in something with downside risk if the upside is subject to punitive tax charges. Times, Sunday Times
I mention all this as a warning of the dangers of going after rich people through punitive measures. Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, the passing of the post-1945 order poses a vast question mark over the brave new world of Machtpolitik and the vigorous pursuit of U.S. interests by first strikes and punitive expeditions.
A limited ratio of punitive to compensatory damages would also be appropriate in the great majority of other tort cases.
And even since Dobbs's ouster from the network last November, the immigration system has become even more punitive, with a notable rise in deportations under the Obama administration, compared to the rate under George W. Bush. Isabel Macdonald: The Dobbs & Pony Show: Snapshots of America's Immigration Hypocrisy
Franklin is counter-suing, claiming punitive and exemplary damages amounting to £18m.
Aggravated damages, which are not always readily distinguishable from exemplary damages, may both compensate and have a punitive effect.
Being disruptive, refusing to obey orders, and engaging in acts of self-mutilation and attempted suicide can all result in punitive action.
The President has threatened to impose punitive import duties/tariffs on a range of foreign goods.
Now they fear a Russian punitive expedition will be sent to destroy the town. Times, Sunday Times
Fearful of punitive damages, companies will avoid doing anything that might later be seen as an admission of guilt.
Just as we need a new tone in Washington, we also need a new tone in discussing energy and the environment, one that is less suspicious, less punitive, less rancorous.
Plans for a punitive counterraid against the Tuareg were never realized. 1864
Can punitive damages be assessed against a principal for the intentional or reckless acts of an agent? Christianity Today
The UN has imposed punitive sanctions on the invading country.
The moves came amid growing anger about punitive mortgage charges. Times, Sunday Times
The bailout bill limits the amount of damages the victims can collect, by forbidding any award of punitive damages against the airlines.
So the next time you're feeling down, or exhausted, or unappreciated, or at the end of your rope; the next time you turn on the TV and see yourself called "overpaid;" the next time you encounter some simple-minded, punitive policy that's been driven into your life by some corporate reformer who has literally never taught anyone anything. ... Dan Brown: Matt Damon's Powerful Education Speech at the Save Our Schools Rally in DC
The $1.1 billion deal announced yesterday includes claims for punitive damages brought by fishermen. Times, Sunday Times
No mention was ever made of the 270 deaths at the Apalachicola fort or the punitive expedition against the settlement at Fowlton.
There were no real punitive enforcement measures that could be stuck to in the agreement and Colina and Jimmy knew this.
Non-punitive strategies for discipline Coffey says responsive classroom gives teachers non-punitive options for … Literacy News – 60th Edition « News « Literacy News
The civil service post was resigned and the family removed to the Isle of Man to avoid the punitive tax system of the time.
Punitive damages potentially could be much more costly to cigarette companies than compensatory damages.
Counsel for the plaintiff conceded that a special award claim under the insurance legislation is different from a claim for punitive and aggravated damages.
How can the government encourage enterprise and entrepreneurship on one hand, while on the other planning punitive and seemingly vindictive tax regulations for small businesses? Times, Sunday Times
Firstly, there is the punitive tax and fees that any purchase in Belgium imposes on the buyer.
Is society as a result becoming more punitive and less tolerant of crime?
It was not registered as political, which avoided punitive taxation, and contained everything from news to financial and legal reports, literary reviews, human interest stories, and the feuilleton, or serial.
But his "unfreedom" is to be continued by restrictions on his movements and his contacts: He cannot leave Israel, he will be confined to a single town, he cannot communicate with foreigners face to face or by phone, fax or e-mail (purely punitive conditions because any classified information that he may have possessed is by now nearly two decades old). Nuclear Hero's 'Crime' Was Making Us Safer
There are no punitive taxes and no censorship of the internet. Times, Sunday Times
Unfortunately, just as Stone is fun but unreliable, Hulsker is authoritative but almost punitively boring. A Stranger to Himself
Bear in mind that part of this policy is posited on the idea of it being said, that the detention is not punitive, that it is not designed as a deterrent.
Limitations on punitive damages may make sense: They are among the most unpredictable and potentially devastating of damages to a defendant.
This very punitive approach to stamp duty may deter people from moving and making their contribution to the government's coffers. Times, Sunday Times
If you go overdrawn without agreement on your bank account you get stung by penalty charges and punitive rates of interest.
Emslie considers it a punitive tax on companies in an increasingly competitive television era.
If the new bill is passed then punitive charges will be made for such applications.
An overwhelming majority voted for punitive cash machine charges which will hit hardest their poorest customers, those living in rural locations and people on a pension.
punitive damages
I think I may have a non-punitive story could an anti-abortionist who adopts a rape exception. Punishment
With the door open to so many options, hawks and hard-liners of many stripes have been arguing for a wide range of punitive military strikes.
Access to Information requests at the provincial level have also become punitively expensive. ProWomanProLife » Freedom rankings
The Supreme Court has increasingly closed the courthouse doors to those with constitutional claims by limiting when federal officers can be sued, restricting who has standing to sue in federal court, increasing the facts that must be pled to get into federal court, expanding sovereign immunity that keeps state governments from being held accountable, shifting contested matters to arbitration and away from juries, and limiting punitive damages. The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
The plaintiff claims damages including damages for loss of remuneration, damages for mental distress and exemplary, aggravated and punitive damages.
The President has threatened to impose punitive import duties/tariffs on a range of foreign goods.
Using slogans like "traditional values," U.S. fundamentalists stress the "headship" of the father in a punitive family where women and children are subordinate to the will of the father the kind of family that prepares people to defer to "strong" leaders who brook no dissent and use force to impose their will. The Political Importance of 'Family Values': An Interview with Riane Eisler (First Round)
There is no point in investing in something with downside risk if the upside is subject to punitive tax charges. Times, Sunday Times
That discipline involves punitive measures, which may be either real or mentally exercised.
The moves came amid growing anger about punitive mortgage charges. Times, Sunday Times
There might be punitive damages as well as reimbursement of litigation costs and legal fees.
Can punitive damages be assessed against a principal for the intentional or reckless acts of an agent? Christianity Today
The jury awarded punitive damages .
Of course, there are certain unavoidable economic consequences of the action that the Rhodesian Government has taken: the loss of imperial preference, the loss of the Commonwealth sugar agreement and things of that kind-they will undoubtedly follow; punitive economic measures, which would be self-defeating and harm the very people whom they are designed to help, raise quite different considerations. The Commonwealth Today As Seen By A Former Colonial Secretary
He also claimed damages for wrongful dismissal, mental distress and punitive damages.
Can punitive damages be assessed against a principal for the intentional or reckless acts of an agent? Christianity Today
Free choice in an unmanaged environment has little chance, in the face of human determination always to get something better, and sometimes measures bordering on the punitive are needed.
Punitive methods persistently used against a background of rejecting, hostile parental attitudes lead, in the long term, to trouble.
Many of the parents qualified their comments about punitive interventions with statements about the ineffectiveness of their efforts.
The judgment reflected a refusal by the court to limit punitive damage awards.
This is the culmination of a punitive regime which has gone on for 10 months under which, although untried and unconvicted, he is not allowed to sleep or exercise in his cell during the day, is denied any personal possessions and is barred from conversing with the guards. Bradley Manning: Cruel and unusual | Editorial
For that you need to create businesses, which need access to credit, non-punitive tax regimes and recognition of contract law. Times, Sunday Times
In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace.
As one critical commentator said, they will probably "go into adulthood associating great music - the most bewitchingly lovely sounds on Earth - with a punitive slap on the chops.
Being punitive against the news organisation or individual journalist might on ly provoke more spiteful coverage.
The Supreme Court should investigate the case and take due punitive measure against the trainees in accordance with law.

How To Use Punitive In A Sentence

Report a problem

Please indicate a type of error

Additional information (optional):