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vindictive

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vindictive
English law (of damages) in excess of the compensation due to the plaintiff and imposed in punishment of the defendant


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Thedora is a vindictive woman--merely a vindictive woman.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
When on that shivering winter's night, the Pequod thrust her vindictive bows into the cold malicious waves, who should I see standing at her helm but Bulkington
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Nay rather, vindictive persons live the life of witches; who, as they are mischievous, so end they infortunate.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
 
 
 
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