punitive action
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Scottish Greens councillor Blair Anderson said on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, that there would be "no punitive action" for any of the Glasgow schoolchildren who attended the rally.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023
She’s helped families who received letters from schools threatening punitive action for a child habitually not showing up or participating in class.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2023
Adani Group has hit back at the allegations against it and said it was evaluating "remedial and punitive action" against Hindenburg Research in the US and India.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2023
But opposition from some E.U. governments could make punitive action difficult, said Federico Santi, a Europe analyst with the Eurasia Group.
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2022
The "�cho Belge," published in Amsterdam since the German occupation of Belgium, revealed that the punitive action by the German authorities was prompted by something other than an infringement of the regulations.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Miller, Francis Trevelyan
