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01. When her parents [punish] her, they usually send her to her room for a time-out.
02. I can't [punish] my child for telling the truth about breaking the CD player.
03. The hockey player's 4-game suspension is sufficient [punishment] for the high-sticking incident.
04. In some countries, drug smuggling is [punishable] by death.
05. He has a very [punishing] work schedule, and his health and family life are suffering because of it.
06. Many health professionals believe that spanking a child is no longer an acceptable form of [punishment].
07. Albert Einstein once said that if people are good only because they fear [punishment], and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
08. There is a Bosnian proverb which says that two things rule the world; reward and [punishment].
09. There is a Chinese proverb which observes that you will never be [punished] for making people die of laughter.
10. In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime [punishable] by death.
11. During World War One, the [punishment] for homosexuality in the French army was execution.
12. According to a 1993 survey, television criminals who commit violent acts go [unpunished] 73 percent of the time.
13. During the 18th century, books that were considered offensive were sometimes [punished] by being whipped.
14. In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be [punished] by death before a firing squad.
15. In Singapore, throwing a cigarette butt on the street is [punished] with a heavy fine of several hundred dollars.
16. In 1942, René Cassin of France urged that an international court be created to [punish] those guilty of war crimes.
17. Repeated studies of animals in the laboratory show that [punishment] procedures usually result in aggressive behavior.
18. A Spanish proverb observes that the rich break the laws, and the poor are [punished] for it.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • punish — [pun′ish] vt. [ME punischen < extended stem of OFr punir < L punire, to punish < poena, punishment, penalty: see PENAL] 1. to cause to undergo pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or wrongdoing 2. to impose a penalty on a wrongdoer for… …   English World dictionary

  • Punish — Pun ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punishing}.] [OE. punischen, F. punir, from L. punire, punitum, akin to poena punishment, penalty. See {Pain}, and { ish}.] 1. To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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… …   Law dictionary

  • punish — punish, chastise, castigate, chasten, discipline, correct mean to inflict pain, loss, or suffering upon a person for his sin, crime, or fault. Punish implies imposing a penalty for violation of law, disobedience of authority, or intentional… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • punish — mid 14c., from O.Fr. puniss , extended prp. stem of punir to punish, from L. punire inflict a penalty on, cause pain for some offense, earlier poenire, from poena penalty, punishment (see PENAL (Cf. penal)). Colloquial meaning to inflict heavy… …   Etymology dictionary

  • punish — [v] penalize for wrongdoing abuse, attend to, batter, beat, beat up, blacklist, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, crack down on*, cuff, debar, defrock, discipline, dismiss, do in, execute, exile, expel, fine, flog, give a going over*, give… …   New thesaurus

  • punish — ► VERB 1) impose a penalty on (someone) for an offence. 2) impose a penalty on someone for (an offence). 3) treat harshly or unfairly. DERIVATIVES punishable adjective. ORIGIN Latin punire, from poena penalty …   English terms dictionary

  • punish — pun|ish [ˈpʌnıʃ] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: punir, from Latin punire, from poena; PAIN1] 1.) to make someone suffer because they have done something wrong or broken the law →↑punishment, punitive ↑punitive ▪ Smacking is not an… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • punish — [[t]pʌ̱nɪʃ[/t]] punishes, punishing, punished 1) VERB To punish someone means to make them suffer in some way because they have done something wrong. [V n] I don t believe that George ever had to punish the children... [V n] According to present… …   English dictionary

  • punish — punisher, n. /pun ish/, v.t. 1. to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal. 2. to inflict a penalty for (an offense, fault, etc.): to punish theft. 3. to handle …   Universalium

  • punish */*/ — UK [ˈpʌnɪʃ] / US verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms punish : present tense I/you/we/they punish he/she/it punishes present participle punishing past tense punished past participle punished to make someone suffer because they have done… …   English dictionary

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