as in reparation
payment to another for a loss or injury
sought restitution from the other driver's insurance company for lost wages
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Recent Examples of restitution
Both face a maximum of 20 years in prison and potentially will be ordered to pay hefty fines and restitution orders.
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Michael Simes of Newtown, faces up to three years in prison and has to pay restitution of the current outstanding balance of $2,871,676, according to federal authorities.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
After a jury convicted Brooks in 2024, he was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay $500 in restitution and a $2,000 fine.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
He was also denied probation, and a restitution amount will be determined at a later date.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Michael Simes of Newtown, faces up to three years in prison and has to pay restitution of the current outstanding balance of $2,871,676, according to federal authorities.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
After a jury convicted Brooks in 2024, he was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay $500 in restitution and a $2,000 fine.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
He was also denied probation, and a restitution amount will be determined at a later date.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for restitution
Noun
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That mirrors the world, where reparations for indigenous and enslaved people remain more of an intellectual argument far from an actual reality.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Questions of reparations are a fairly academic subject.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Musk is seeking as much as $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft — a staggering amount, that if awarded, would be one of the largest verdicts in history.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Her experience appears to be increasingly rare, as the Russian business newspaper Kommersant estimated in a report last week that just five days of outages caused 3 billion to 5 billion rubles ($37 million to $62 million) in damages to Moscow businesses.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But in this case, and in other similar instances in Pinecrest that Hase’s legal team identified, the village would not provide compensation.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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For now, even if 20% revenue sharing is less than the 40% the players first proposed, the deal represents a significant, stable increase in player compensation.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Restitution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restitution. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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