Definition of Punitive. Meaning of Punitive. Synonyms of Punitive

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Definition of Punitive

Punitive
Punitive Pu"ni*tive, a. Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice. If death be punitive, so, likewise, is the necessity imposed upon man of toiling for his subsistence. -- I. Taylor. We shall dread a blow from the punitive hand. --Bagehot.

Meaning of Punitive from wikipedia

- deterrence, rehabilitation, and incapacitation. The history of formal punitive systems is one of a gradual transition from familial and tribal authority...
- Punitive damages, or exemplary damages, are damages ****essed in order to punish the defendant for outrageous conduct and/or to reform or deter the defendant...
- A punitive expedition is a military journey undertaken to punish a political entity or any group of people outside the borders of the punishing state or...
- United States as the Mexican Expedition, but originally referred to as the "Punitive Expedition, U.S. Army"—was a military operation conducted by the United...
- referred to as the Insufferable Acts or Coercive Acts, were a series of five punitive laws p****ed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party...
- The Pripyat Marshes m****acres (German: Prypyatsümpfe Säuberung) were a series of m**** murders carried out by the military forces of **** Germany against...
- A Pigouvian tax (also spelled Pigovian tax) is a tax on any market activity that generates negative externalities (i.e., external costs incurred by third...
- The following is a list of battles of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' (1223, 1237–1241). Timeline of the Golden Horde – including all battles involving...
- Extrajudicial punishment is a punishment for an alleged crime or offense which is carried out without legal process or supervision by a court or tribunal...
- areas under their control in large scale operations. There have also been punitive expeditions across the border. Acts of brutality and mutilation are a regular...