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
As part of her plea agreement, the government agreed not to recommend a fine or restitution.
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Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
Now a free man, Henderson is due in court in late May for a restitution hearing, records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
He was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution, WCPO reported.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
He also was ordered to pay $4,237 in restitution.
—Idaho Statesman, 30 Apr. 2026
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Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
Now a free man, Henderson is due in court in late May for a restitution hearing, records show.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
He was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution, WCPO reported.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
He also was ordered to pay $4,237 in restitution.
—Idaho Statesman, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for restitution
Noun
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Instead, reparations for the more than 65,000 victims will be paid by the Trust Fund for Victims, set up by the court’s member states to distribute the funds.—
Molly Quell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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While there is a respectable moral case to be made for some form of reparations, Tubbs appears to be excessively fixated on policy ideas that would bankrupt our state if actually implemented.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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An army of lawyers showed up at a hearing Tuesday to iron out issues ahead of an upcoming trial to determine whether the owner and operator of the ship that struck the Key Bridge should be held liable for the full damages caused by the tragedy.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
5 May 2026
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Musk is asking the court to unwind OpenAI’s conversion, remove Altman and Brock, and award him up to a hundred and fifty billion dollars (no typo) in damages.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office on Thursday charged Brian Ramos, 25, of Edina, the owner of a roofing subcontractor known as Liminis Remodeling and Exteriors with two felony counts of worker’s compensation insurance premium fraud.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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Similarly, that’s why a future first-rounder as compensation from the Hornets from the Terry Rozier trade would have meant exponentially more than a mere second-rounder this June.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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“Restitution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restitution. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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