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 • Oct. 10, 2025
Your mother-in-law is gone, so don’t let her vindictiveness poison your husband and his brother’s relationship from beyond the grave.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2022
But that vindictiveness seems to retreat — or is it deepening? — when Peter returns from school to visit his mother and, against all odds, begins to forge an odd kinship with his former tormenter.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2021
Hurt’s grandson J.P. deGravelles, who is also in law enforcement, said the family is not acting out of vindictiveness and if Montgomery is granted parole, deGravelles wishes him well.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2021
Which heir was the target of Westing's vindictiveness?
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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