to punish

Definition von to punish im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: castigate; punice; To cause great harm to. (a punishing blow); To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action; trounce; To injure, as by beating; to pommel; {v} to chastise, beat, inflict penalties; To dumb down severely or to the point of uselessness or near-uselessness; with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death; To punish someone means to make them suffer in some way because they have done something wrong. According to present law, the authorities can only punish smugglers with small fines Don't punish your child for being honest; To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience; To punish a crime means to punish anyone who commits that crime. The government voted to punish corruption in sport with up to four years in jail; {f} discipline, penalize; To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc; To deal with roughly or harshly; chiefly used with regard to a contest; as, our troops punished the enemy; impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"; {f} amerce

to punish

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to pun·ish

tı pʌnîş

/tə ˈpənəsʜ/ /tə ˈpʌnɪʃ/

... and they punish another kind of serendipity. ...

... is bad. And I think that we can punish the one without punishing the other. ...

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