punitive , also: punitory

He called for punitive action against 53 officials, including many in the military.

The terms, which were punitive, had been worked out the next day.

In which case I'd have no choice but to put my punitive system into action.

"We thought the church had been moving away from such punitive activities."

United Nations officials said the decision to put the men on leave was not punitive.

"We need to get the punitive measures taken off the table."

"But now there is clearly a turn toward the punitive."

This is to be a punitive mission, an example to others.

This is the least punitive approach I can think of to address the problem.

At the moment, both I and my people are in a punitive frame of mind.

And in response, our criminal justice system started getting more punitive.

This means positive, not punitive, efforts at the national and local level.

Some companies and school districts have taken a more punitive approach.

He also predicted that Congress would not do anything punitive.

"We make a special effort to prevent it from being punitive."

For some time now there has been no alternative to serious punitive action.

A small year had passed while the punitive force gathered.

Shrink says they were probably her punitive parents or something like that.

There have been some large punitive awards around the country.

But the whole sense of the state's role over the years has been punitive."

But states without punitive damages would not have to allow them.

This is an example of where the law can be too punitive."

In Chicago, the focus of the domestic violence program is less punitive.

Rather, we seem to reserve such punitive measures for our own industry.

Another cruise line took action that some people saw as clearly punitive.