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restitution

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


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The lawsuit asked the court to order Kalshi to halt its operation, make restitution to customers, forfeit all illegal gains and pay fines equal to triple those gains.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

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

As part of the plea agreement, Valdovinos Ramirez will pay a fine of $50,000 before he is sentenced on Sept. 21, as well as $310,000 in restitution.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

“Well, that sounds like a great way to earn the restitution money.”

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

"Ah, Sir," she replied, "it may be very much so, when there are earthly attachments, hatred in the heart, or restitutions to make!"

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Robert Black




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