vindictiveness

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

From Salon

He extensively quotes both men's social media posts to "get a full sense of the madness," arguing they're both being consumed by their tendencies "to grandiosity, vindictiveness and paranoia."

From Salon

Speaking to BBC South East on Friday, Paul Hollywood said: "The vindictiveness from the locals towards the family who have been here 18 years is unforgivable."

From BBC

But Baitz extensively invests in writing to one layer of these women’s interiority without convincing us that there's more to them than their vindictiveness, prejudice or selfishness.

From Salon

“The Prosecutor’s attempt to retract that order is both disingenuous and precluded by well established legal principles. A retrial of Mr. Zamora is barred by constitutional due process protections prohibiting prosecutorial vindictiveness.”

From Seattle Times