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• n  a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
• n  the act of restoring something to its original state
• n  getting something back again
  upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing

• Peter pleaded guilty to a single federal charge and was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution.
• As of this summer, 89 restitution claims had been made, 45 of which have been reported on by the Committee.
• But today there's growing momentum in Dhaka for some sort of restitution.

• damages
• amends
• indemnity
• indemnification
• redress
• return
• restoration
• regaining

News & Articles

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• Feds: $30M in Restitution Owed in Lobster Smuggle
  Feds: $30M in restitution ordered for 3 businessmen who smuggled lobsters from South Africa        
  June 15, 2013 - ABC News
• Feds: $30M in restitution ordered for 3 businessmen who smuggled lobsters from South Africa
  NEW YORK — A New York judge has ordered three men who pleaded guilty to smuggling South African rock lobsters to the U.S. to pay the South African government nearly $30 million in restitution.
  June 15, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Judge in Alabama orders restitution payments by middle school shooter
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A judge is ordering a teen-ager to pay $14,000 in restitution for killing a middle school classmate in 2010.
  June 14, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press

Quotes

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• Michael Vick in USA Today
  ...part of his August agreement to plead guilty to a one-count indictment alleging an interstate conspiracy to operate a dogfighting ring, Vick agreed to pay "restitution for the full amount of the costs associated with the disposition"...
• Scott Spiezio in Sports Network
  I am very embarrassed and sorry for what happened in the offseason,Spiezio said in a statement. "I have taken steps, including treatment to ensure it will not happen again. I have taken full responsibility and I am making restitution to...
• Jerry Brown in Laramie Boomerang
  Countrywide stacked the deck and the deal against its customers: Our goal is to un-stack the deck -- and undo the deals -- restoring fairness and fiscal sense to mortgages. I will fight for restitution -- money back to homeowners used and abused by... Richard Blumenthal http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Blumenthal&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEVF-3jd-FHABHMp-0Add3rCPYObQ Stamford Plus Magazine http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/News_1/State_sues_Countrywide_for_allegedly_deceptive_loans_and_workouts_unjustified_legal_fees3012.shtml&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGlsXfguvqFTvIYINlMbeKjKL7Rhw Aug 6, 2008 83249 110797 restless It's not enough for someone rich and restless to look in the mirror one morning and decide, 'I want to be governor of California.' We tried that. It didn't work," Brown said.