punitive action

If punitive action was taken by the church it would be very painful and extremely traumatic for him.

McCain named Russian banker Dmitry Klyuev and his lawyer Andrei Pavlov as potential targets for punitive action.

The U.N. wants concrete proof of punitive action against the clergy and whether policy changes have been implemented.

It is at this point that the punitive action of individuals gives way to public legal procedure.

The major shortcoming is the assumption of the inevitability of reprisals and the capacity to take punitive action.

The boy was probably more frightened than hurt, but the matter was one demanding instant punitive action.

He'd been a pretender long enough, and what punitive action they took now didn't seem to matter.

Let Shann alert the ship, and the cruiser would know; swift punitive action would be visited on the camp.