punitive
to describe the punishment of a person or organization for wrongful behaviour
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IN THE PRESS
(Reuters 15th July 2000 - A Miami jury on Friday ordered big U.S. cigarette makers to pay $145 billion in punitive damages, a record damages award in the United States that penalized some of America's blue-chip corporations for injuring hundreds of thousands of smokers)
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Etymology: French punitif, from Medieval Latin punitivus, from Latin punitus, past participle of punire. Date: 1624
