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restitution

[res-ti-too-shuhn, -tyoo-] / ˌrɛs tɪˈtu ʃən, -ˈtju- /


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Goldstein’s defense team said prison time wasn’t appropriate, arguing that a lengthy period of probation and restitution obligations would suffice.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

What is needed is a social dividend to all humanity, not as redistribution but as restitution.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

And because Kendall didn’t disclose that she was paid to promote the ill-fated festival, she was ordered to pay $90K in restitution to the event’s duped investors.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2026

Bell will pay restitution to the victims and serve a one-day sentence in custody and one year of probation.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

Mr. Davis confirms that I paid my restitution in full.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

"It must be ensured that there is also a state-of-the-art procedure for future private restitutions."

From BBC Apr. 23, 2024

Under the court settlement, precious metals dealer Argent Asset Group and First State Depository Company, which were both owned by Mr Higgins, were ordered to make restitutions of $112.7m and pay a penalty of $33m.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2023

Hicks, who spoke alongside Osanna at the restitution conference, has argued that anthropological museums today must now become the public spaces to debate problematic collections, while permitting also case-by-case restitutions.

From Seattle Times May 9, 2023

It has also undertaken two high-profile restitutions from its colonial past: In 2005, Italy returned to Ethiopia the massive, 160-ton Axum Obelisk, which Mussolini ordered sent to Rome in 1937 after his troops overran Ethiopia.

From Seattle Times May 9, 2023

And hence the soul, from possessing motion, and energizing according to time, will both possess periods of motion and restitutions to its pristine state.

From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Taylor, Thomas




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