punish


punish
pun·ish /'pə-nish/ vt
1: to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation
2: to inflict a penalty for the commission of (an offense) in retribution or retaliation or as a deterrent
vi: to inflict punishment
pun·ish·abil·i·ty /ˌpə-ni-shə-'bi-lə-tē/ n
pun·ish·able /'pə-ni-shə-bəl/ adj
pun·ish·er n

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

punish
I verb amerce, bring to retribution, call to account, castigare, castigate, chasten, chastise, condemn, correct, discipline, exact retribution, flog, inflict penalty, lash, penalize, reprimand, retaliate, scourge, sentence, slate, smite, subject to penalty, take to task, take vengeance on, teach a lesson to, torture, trounce, ulcisci, whip associated concepts: cruel and excessive punishment, cruel and inhuman punishment, cruel and unusual punishment, excessive punishment foreign phrases:
- In quo quis delinquit, in eo de jure est puniendus. — in whatever the offense, he is to be punished by the law
II index beat (strike), convict, fine, inflict, mulct (fine), penalize, repay, reprehend

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


punish
v.
To inflict a penalty on someone as retribution for a crime or misdeed.
n.
punishment

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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