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Retributive (5)

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I believe the answer is:

penal

'retributive' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for penal that I've seen before include "Punitive" , "Punishing" , "Involving legal punishment" , "Involving punishment as by the law" , "Deliberately unpleasant" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.
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