Punitive

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  • adjective. Inflicting or aiming to inflict punishment; punishing.
  • noun plural. Punitive damages.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment: as, punitive law or justice.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. inflicting punishment, punishing
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  • adjective. inflicting punishment
    • Word Usage
    "The internal audits have armed state officials with a powerful new weapon as they seek to extract what they describe as punitive fines from lawbreaking mortgage companies."
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