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1. (v.t.) punish
to subject to pain, loss, confinement, or death as a penalty for some offense or fault.
2. punish
to inflict such a penalty for (an offense or fault):
to punish theft.
3. punish
to handle or treat harshly or roughly; hurt.
4. punish
Informal. to consume; deplete:
to punish a bottle of wine.
5. (v.i.) punish
to inflict punishment.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME punischen < MF puniss-, long s. of punir < L pūnīre, der. of poenapenalty , pain)
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| Definition of 'punish' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) punish, penalize, penalise
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"
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1. (verb) punish
to make sb suffer because of sth wrong or illegal they did
My parents punished me by taking my car keys away.; Rapists are severely punished.
2. punish
to assign a particular punishment for a crime
Identity theft is punished with 6-11 years in jail.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) punish
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
2. (verb) punish
to inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death
3. (verb) punish
to injure, as by beating; to pommel
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Sense: to cause to suffer for a crime or fault
He was punished for stealing the money.
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 Afrikaans: straf |
 Arabic: يُعاقِب |
 Bulgarian: наказвам |
 Brazilian: castigar |
 Czech: (po)trestat |
 German: bestrafen |
 Danish: straffe |
 Greek: τιμωρώ (για αδίκημα) |
 Spanish: castigar |
 Estonian: karistama |
 Farsi: مجازات کردن |
 Finnish: rangaista |
 French: punir |
 Hebrew: לְהַעֲנִיש |
 Hindi: दण्ड देना |
 Hungarian: (meg)büntet |
 Indonesian: menghukum |
 Icelandic: hegna, refsa |
 Italian: punire |
 Japanese: 罰する |
 Korean: (범죄 등에 대해) 고통을 주다 |
 Lithuanian: (nu)bausti |
 Latvian: sodīt |
 Malay: menghukum |
 Dutch: straffen |
 Norwegian: straffe, refse |
 Polish: karać |
 Persian: مجازات کردن |
 Pashto: جزا وركونه |
 Portuguese: castigar |
 Romanian: a pedepsi |
 Russian: карать |
 Slovak: (po)trestať |
 Slovenian: kaznovati |
 Serbian: kazniti |
 Swedish: straffa |
 Thai: ลงอาญา |
 Turkish: cezalandırmak |
 Taiwanese: 懲罰 |
 Ukrainian: карати |
 Urdu: سزا پانا |
 Vietnamese: trừng phạt |
 Chinese: 惩罚 |
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