Sentence examples for arbitrary retribution from inspiring English sources
As the situation descended, Whitfield attempted to exact some arbitrary retribution around the ground, including an attempted strike at goal umpire Whyte.
In a strongly worded statement, the US government said Kabila and local security forces had an "obligation to … respect the rights of Congolese citizens to assemble peacefully and express their opinions without fear of retaliation, retribution, or arbitrary arrest".
Businesses fear that taking a stand will bring retribution: bureaucratic harassment, arbitrary tax demands or missing out on public contracts.
"There should be no more violence, no arbitrary detention, no illegal acts of retribution," Ms. Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement released at the commission's headquarters in Geneva.
Both Michael Howard and Jack Straw insisted that they must have the right to vary the terms of a life sentence, if the twin requirements of retribution and deterrence are to be met.This arbitrary discretion claimed by politicians flies in the face of a general principal of common law that a lawful sentence by a judge may not be retrospectively increased.
In calling for retribution against Microsoft, however, he loses sight of an important point: The arbitrary punishment of individuals and companies for perceived "arrogance" is nothing less than an unconscionable violation of this hallowed principle.
Subject to the arbitrary whims and procedures of academic deans, they often are afraid to discuss controversial issues in class for fear of retribution.
Longing for retribution is longing for retribution.
Egypt took full retribution.
RETRIBUTION, by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
