as in punitive
inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment
threatened to take correctional measures if the household chores were not done the state's largest correctional institution
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Adjective
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But advocates for immigrant rights say the community arrests – from raids at factories and restaurants to surprise detentions at ICE check-ins – are punitive measures aimed at instilling fear in blue states and cities.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025 -
The harshness that sometimes emerges in Cliff’s approach to parenting lands with a more punitive thud in that context.—
Laura Bradley,
The Atlantic,
2 Aug. 2025
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To bring in more workers, the colony’s leaders then requested a conversion to penal status, like others that had been established on the continent since the 1780s.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Aug. 2025
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The assignment to a penal detachment is arguably a death sentence, however, as Russia's military has routinely used ex-convict forces to conduct near-suicidal missions in the war against Ukraine, leading to high casualty rates.—
Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Early warning signs like declining revenues, missed payments or management turnover should trigger timely outreach and corrective action.—
Adam Craig,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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In 2018, a female employee complained that the male head chef locked her in a restroom and touched her inappropriately without her consent, but the owners failed to take appropriate corrective action to prevent further harassment by the head chef, records state.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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“Correctional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correctional. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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