vindictiveness

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"There is a sort of public vindictiveness directed against them," one of the three lawyers, Yaël Hayat, said.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

When circumstances create a realistic likelihood of vindictiveness, the burden shifts to the government to justify its conduct.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2025

“It is not prosecutorial vindictiveness to continue a case after a deal has been rejected,” McCrae writes.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

So outsource that vindictiveness to a towing company that deals with it all the time.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2022

But they did hold on, and as the war trailed drearily on, vindictiveness toward the stubborn stand of the seceding states grew steadily more bitter in the North.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt