Synonyms:
punish, penalize, penalise
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
"Follow and punish."
"But I'll punish you.
And she said: "The Gods will punish her, not we.
I am to blame, and punish me, make me expiate my fault.
"If I had my way," said Dolly, after ten minutes' silence, "I would punish him.
If he only scribbles the paper, I promise you that I will immediately punish him.
Afterward we can visit the mountain and punish the cruel magician of the Flatheads."
To permit Intromission, and to punish fraud, is to make law no better than a pitfall.
If a law exists that permits you to insult a girl, there must also be a law to punish you.
he will punish him for introducing a practice which is equally subversive and destructive of ship or State.