TREBLE DAMAGES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does treble damages mean? 

• TREBLE DAMAGES (noun)
  The noun TREBLE DAMAGES has 1 sense:

1. three times the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to

  Familiarity information: TREBLE DAMAGES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREBLE DAMAGES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Three times the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("treble damages" is a kind of...):

exemplary damages; punitive damages; smart money ((law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct))