punishment
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Otherwise, stripping a defendant of profits is simply punishment, which is the domain of statutes and penalties, not of the flexible powers of equity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
“Shaming or punishment is just not the way to go,” Fields said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Their leaders are worried that the more prosperous south may lose parliamentary seats in the future, a "punishment" for having fewer children and generating more wealth.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The 13th Amendment abolished involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
And the question that really haunted him: “How were we serving American purposes in raining down punishment on the people in these houses?”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing punishment
Psychology
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