retributive justice
Example Sentences
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And speaking of retributive justice, I can’t not talk about the one crossover cameo that actually surprised me.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2021
This kind of justice is called retributive justice, and it’s contrary to Winn’s entire approach.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2020
It insulates him against the suggestion that he is in some way militant or divisive and makes the focus of his campaign not retributive justice but rather harmony, racial and otherwise.
From Fox News • Feb. 1, 2019
I am sceptical about the value of retributive justice, but I decided to join the prosecution.
From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2019
She would have seen retributive justice in every trouble that came upon them, till she must have pined and withered in her remorse.
From Wee Wifie by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
