Adjective : punitive laws; punitive action. From Dictionary.com.
OFAC is inherently a regulator and punitively focused. From Wordnik.com. [John McAuliff: President Opens Door for Travel to Cuba] Reference
Texas lawmakers demanded to re-open NAFTA and amend it punitively. From Wordnik.com. [The Emerging Water Wars] Reference
I have very occasionally seen lacking service punitively rewarded. From Wordnik.com. [Just Say No (But Not To Me): Achieving Balance in Your Work] Reference
I hadn't heard that Apple stopped punitively bricking unruly iPhones. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: The "agency model" as I understand it] Reference
Haldane offered his thoughts on how to deal punitively with a village. From Wordnik.com. ['Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization'] Reference
We took this as a thinly veiled threat to punitively audit our returns. From Wordnik.com. [Statement Before The U.S. Senate Finance Committee Oversight Hearing On The Internal Revenue Service] Reference
My sons will have to seek the curule aedileship — punitively expensive!. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
They can be applied capriciously and punitively against any news organization. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Peyronnin: Fox News Snub] Reference
It says it "punitively dismissed" the two employees, who it said were contract staff. From Wordnik.com. [Lehman Sues Japan Firm,] Reference
Rolling €1.3 billion this year and €5.5 billion next could be punitively expensive. From Wordnik.com. [HeidelbergCement's Crumbling Prospects] Reference
This was put in place to prevent the Council form punitively lowering his or her salary. From Wordnik.com. [Afternoon Fizz: McGinn Froze Salaries But Got Cost-of-Living Adjustment « PubliCola] Reference
Obama should recess appoint every appointee that the Republicans have punitively blocked. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Obama’s second TSA nominee backs out.] Reference
Access to Information requests at the provincial level have also become punitively expensive. From Wordnik.com. [ProWomanProLife » Freedom rankings] Reference
Any environmental policy seen to punitively deny man would never achieve acceptance in society. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Economic growth is not achieved by taxing the most productive citizens and employers punitively. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Coulter: Bin Laden Is ‘Irrelevant,’ ‘Things Are Going Swimmingly In Afghanistan’] Reference
I see no reason why wage income should be taxed far more punitively than investment income, for example. From Wordnik.com. [Stupid, Selfish Workers « Lean Left] Reference
It is merely about taxing the rich punitively as a matter of ideology while ignoring the effect on the economy. From Wordnik.com. [Wrangling Over Taxes With Charlie Rangel] Reference
Proposed regulatory changes target such derivatives and could make them punitively expensive for banks to hold. From Wordnik.com. [Bracing for Toxic Shock in Bank Stocks] Reference
Any effort at reforming welfare must be creative, but it must be creative compassionately rather than punitively. From Wordnik.com. [Session Two Of Southern Economic Conference] Reference
Its failure to do so had resulted in rates still being punitively high in the ELC which was subsidising the other. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It really made me very upset to think that us in America could treat a patient so punitively. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2007] Reference
She's also photographed almost punitively, so haggard and gray compared to the robust Firth (playing her husband). From Wordnik.com. [Jessica Biel's Butt Is a Serious Safety Hazard: James Wolcott] Reference
Alcohol is hard to get and punitively taxed and anecdotally, there are few laughs, or even smile between the herd. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-11] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It really made me very upset to think that us and America could treat a patient so punitively. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2007] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It really made me very upset to think that us, in America, could treat a patient so punitively. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2007] Reference
Also, the way he punitively burns the homes and possessions of book-owning scofflaws, which is also part of his job. From Wordnik.com. [Jason Linkins: Bradbury Adds New Heat to Fahrenheit Discussion] Reference
Female celebrities are often treated far more punitively - and judged more harshly for their actions - by the media/public. From Wordnik.com. [Melissa Silverstein: The Facination with Celebrity Women in Crisis] Reference
The National Assembly did not have the power to punitively expel a member for something he or she may have said previously. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
In the past standards were talked about but not enforced, and those that were enforced were used punitively against Detroit. From Wordnik.com. [Schwarzenegger Backs Detroit, Calls for Federal Aid] Reference
Just like in the 1970s we are heading for punitively high tax levels borne out of envy and revenge, 98% marginal tax rates anyone?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
That anybody who makes a sizable amount of money who is getting a bonus from a firm that gets taxpayer money will be taxed punitively. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2009] Reference
But for all the research into hydrogen, fuel cells remain dependent on platinum, and hydrogen generation is still punitively inefficient. From Wordnik.com. [Whatever Happened to the Hydrogen Economy? « Gerry Canavan] Reference
But punitively cancelling advertising is highly unusual. From Wordnik.com. [C - Advertising News] Reference
They are threatened with drowning by the Egyptians and punitively taxed by. From Wordnik.com. [IMRA Middle East News Updates] Reference
But they caution that punitively scrapping an account would ultimately prove counterproductive. From Wordnik.com. [C - Advertising News] Reference
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