Sentence examples for a punitive act from inspiring English sources

It was a punitive act meant to penalize these security holders for failing to properly supervise the two government-sponsored entities.

This is a purely punitive act.

Blaine admires Ben's memory and is almost his reincarnation, right down to the coldly crooked smile that forebodes some punitive act.

By way of expansion on some of the considerations alluded to above, we must not forget or obscure the importance of the fact that punishment by its very nature involves some persons (those who carry out punitive acts) having dominant coercive power over others (those being punished).

There is nothing to be gained in punitive acts on any level.

It maintains the critical distinction between simple verbal attacks, which are rightfully protected acts of free speech, and the retaliatory and punitive acts of people in positions of power meant to silence and intimidate those who hold views different from their own.

What should rational politicians do - like messrs Cuomo and Christie - when facing polls showing overwhelming support for quarantining those returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa and the overwhelming scientific consensus that they pose no danger justifying such counter-productive, punitive acts?

Hall is seeking $5m in compensatory damages, plus a punitive amount to act as a deterrent.

"That doesn't mean we should somehow act in a punitive way to people on benefits - far from it.

If protecting non-union, low-skilled workers from exploitation is the purpose of a minimum wage, the minimum must not be so high that it acts as a punitive tax on legal employment, subsidising the growth of the black labour market.

"This is an unwelcome, though unsurprising, continuation of the current government's trend in ensuring the Migration Act is applied in a punitive fashion," immigration law specialist Sanmati Verma told VICE.