postdeprivation

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ deprivation.

Adjective

postdeprivation (not comparable)

  1. After a period of deprivation.
    • 1989, Sandra Day O'Connor, Texas v. New Mexico:
      Taken together, the decisions indicate that for deprivations worked by such random and unauthorized departures from otherwise unimpugned and established state procedures the State provides the process due by making available adequate postdeprivation remedies.
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