Criminal Justice Concepts

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adjective relating to or characterized by retribution; serving to repay or punish

  • The judge imposed a retributive sentence on the convicted criminal.
  • He got what was coming to him with that retributive punishment.
  • The retributive justice system really laid down the law on that one.
  • Her retributive actions came back to haunt her in the end.