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She also said that it reinforced shareholders’ depiction of Dolan as a vindicative bully.

From Reuters • Feb. 6, 2023

Bacon always claimed that he was not "vindicative."

From Bacon by Morley, John

Let us put aside the curtain of vindicative fire, and see what this pain of loss is like; I say, what it is like, for it fortunately surpasses human imagination to conceive its dire reality.

From The Education of Catholic Girls by Stuart, Janet Erskine

These several penalties were by their nature vindicative.

From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Conway, Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis)

He was not a vindicative youth, nor, for that matter, was Ned.

From Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]