Sentence examples for punitive act from inspiring English sources

This is a purely punitive act.

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

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?

The punitive Immigration Act (passed in 1971) arguably made the politics easier, as did the fact that they held British passports.

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

In part, this may reflect a growing fear of regulatory and legal risk, after the passage of the punitive Sarbanes-Oxley act and a series of shareholder lawsuits against boards and businesses.

Council officials say that the Bloomberg administration is beginning to act in punitive ways reminiscent of its predecessor in barring Mr. Barron and another councilman, G. Oliver Koppell, who held his own news conference in support of Mr. Barron, from meeting with city commissioners.