Punitive
in example sentence
Protectionists in the United States and Europe, itching to slap huge
punitive
tariffs on Chinese goods, have been caught flat-footed.
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And if we rely, as we do at the moment, solely on the criminal justice system and the threat of
punitive
sentences, we will be nurturing a monster we cannot tame.
But most of it is about more
punitive
sentencing, harsher sentencing.
And within these conversations, I started hearing the connections between the businesses and the people, and how laws that were meant to protect them were being underused, while gross and illegal
punitive
measures were overused.
If you're like Albuquerque, and you're taking the
punitive
approach like we used to, handing out tickets to panhandlers or those who give them money, I'm going to suggest that your solutions aren't working, and I know you're not getting to the root of your problem in your city.
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