punitive damages

pu·ni·tive dam·age

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Definitions of punitive damages words

noun plural punitive damages law: penalty payment 1
noun plural punitive damages a form of monetary compensation paid to the plaintiff in order to punish the defendant and prevent future unlawful behaviour 0
noun punitive damages exemplary damages 0

before 1970

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1970-75

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conjunction

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exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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