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punishment
/ ˈʌɪʃəԳ /
noun
- a penalty or sanction given for any crime or offence
- the act of punishing or state of being punished
- informal.rough treatment
- psychol any aversive stimulus administered to an organism as part of training
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·ܲi·Գ noun
- v·ܲi·Գ noun
- ·ܲi·Գ noun
- ·ܲi·Գ adjective
- ·ܲi·Գ noun
- -ܲi·Գ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of punishment1
Idioms and Phrases
see glutton for punishment .Example Sentences
Even their name is a reference to the IRA's chosen method of punishment for alleged drug dealers during the Troubles.
"Any use of starvation of the civilian population as a method of war constitutes a war crime, and so do all forms of collective punishment," Volker Türk warned.
How did the world get to a place where the collective punishment of starvation is used as leverage to shape the terms of a ceasefire?
Mr Hampson and his family want more recognition and punishment for paternity fraud.
Human rights groups argue that Israel is using the aid blockade as a form of collective punishment and as political leverage in hostage release negotiations.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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