vindictive
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All would be lost, however, without Mays’ quicksilver brilliance — the way he can shift from savage irony to vindictive rage to godless despair in the space of a line.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Human Rights Watch called the verdict "cruel and vindictive", as well as an "alarming act of collective punishment".
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
Back in October, Judge Waverly Crenshaw ruled that there was a “realistic likelihood” that the government had launched a vindictive prosecution against Abrego Garcia, which would render the criminal charges unconstitutional.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2025
The legal bar for proving a defendant was targeted for selective or vindictive prosecution is high.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
But of course she was mean and vindictive in a way Grandpa wasn’t.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Vocabulary lists containing vindictive
The Crucible
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You Can Say That Again: Dic and Dict
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Grade 9, List 4
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