A recriminative war of words, from platform and from press, was waged, not only in Pomfret, but throughout the county and state.
Punishment for its own sake, whilst perhaps psychologically satisfying the need for recriminative justice, is most costly, as it does little to control re-offending.
Definition of recriminative in US English:
recriminative
adjective
archaic term for recriminatory
Example sentencesExamples
A recriminative war of words, from platform and from press, was waged, not only in Pomfret, but throughout the county and state.
Punishment for its own sake, whilst perhaps psychologically satisfying the need for recriminative justice, is most costly, as it does little to control re-offending.