an amount of money that a court decides a person or an organization has to pay to somebody as punishment for having harmed them The victim is seeking compensatory and punitive damages against the defendant on claims of assault and battery. 受害人正在就袭击和殴打的索赔要求对被告进行赔偿和惩罚性赔偿。 To award punitive damages, the jury had to find that the defendant intentionally violated the plaintiff's civil rights. 为了判处惩罚性赔偿，陪审团必须裁定被告有意侵犯了原告的公民权利。