as in punitive
inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment
threatened to take correctional measures if the household chores were not done the state's largest correctional institution
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Trump may enact punitive measures that could harm Iraq’s stability, increase tensions and depress economic activity.—
James Durso,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025 -
Trump reimposed the sanctions and introduced additional punitive measures.—
Dan De Luce,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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On July 8, 1936, Cowell arrived at San Quentin, the largest prison in a state penal system that ranked high among the country’s worst.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Jan. 2025
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These aural assassins should be rounded up and shipped to a penal island off the coast of Antarctica.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
9 Jan. 2025
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Buyers who have sought relief from the city have gotten nowhere: Emails, phone calls and meetings have prompted no corrective action.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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These moves underscore how crucial the pardon power really is: the last possible corrective when the criminal justice system imprisons too many people and punishes them too harshly.—
Abdallah Fayyad,
Vox,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Correctional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correctional. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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