In Ukraine this means a policy that combines covert arms transfers, volunteer fighters called up by patriotic organisations, oligarchs and others, propaganda produced by state-run media, punitive arm-twisting over gas prices and a worsening of political repression at home.
Justice secretary Ken Clarke's Breaking the Cycle green paper was widely welcomed by prison reformers last week as a watershed that could bring to an end the 18-year punitive arms race that has fuelled the relentless rise in the prison population.
This is a purely punitive act.
Officials here also demand that the United States end punitive measures against a Chinese arms company that China says were unfairly applied.
The proposed sanctions include an international arms embargo and punitive measures against the 14 people the United States deemed most responsible for undermining Zimbabwe's presidential election through violence.
Last week, the United States formally introduced a sanctions resolution at the United Nations, calling for an international arms embargo and punitive measures against the 14 people deemed to be most responsible for the violence.
Writer doesn't expect her own desires to ever straighten out completely, but she is beginning to see an opening in the maze to see that she can rise to the occasion of erotic affection without first wrapping her arms around a punitive fantasy.
"For a long time, we had this arms race of how punitive DAs could be," he explained.
Still, now that the sentencing in his latest trial this one for armed robbery is down and appropriately punitive, it's hard not to revel in a bit of satisfaction that a nagging loose end from the last decade has finally been tied.
They were awarded $28.1 million, including $21 million in punitive damages against Players Inc., the union's marketing arm.
