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noun ADJ. cruel, harsh, heavy, severe | unusual the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment | appropriate, fitting | capital | corporal, physical VERB + PUNISHMENT administer, hand out, impose, inflict, mete out It is unlawful for a teacher to inflict corporal punishment on pupils. Harsh punishment is expected to be meted out to the murderer. | receive, suffer | avoid, escape | deserve PUNISHMENT + VERB fit the crime The victim's family do not believe that this punishment fits the crime. PREP. as ~ (for) She had to tidy the classroom as punishment for being late. | ~ for Punishments for killing the king's deer were severe. PHRASES crime and punishment the sociology of crime and punishment | on pain of punishment (= with the threat of punishment) He was compelled on pain of punishment to answer the question. | reward and punishment They use a system of reward and punishment to discipline their children.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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penalty:
Your punishment will be jail.
Simple Definitions
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see GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT.
American Heritage Idioms
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punishment
something that is done in order to punish someone, or the act of punishing them:
• I don’t think they deserved such a severe punishment. • The usual punishment is life in prison.
sentence
a punishment given by a judge in a court:
• He was given a long prison sentence. • They asked for the maximum sentence.
fine
an amount of money that you must pay as a punishment:
• I got an £80 fine for speeding. • There are heavy fines for drink-driving.
penalty
a general word for a punishment given to someone who has broken a law, rule, or agreement:
• What’s the penalty if you get caught? • He called for stiffer penalties for crimes involving guns.
the death penalty
( also capital punishment ) the system in which people are killed as a punishment for crimes:
• If he is found guilty, he faces the death penalty. • A number of states have abolished capital punishment.
community service
unpaid work helping other people that someone does as punishment for a crime:
• He was given a choice between doing 200 hours of community service, or a big fine.
corporal punishment
the punishment of children by hitting them:
• I don’t agree with corporal punishment. • Corporal punishment was abolished in schools in 1987.
Longman-Thesaurus
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punishment
adjectives
harsh/severe
• The court decided the original punishment was too severe.
light
• The punishment seemed very light.
just/fitting
(= appropriate and right )
• Death would be a just punishment.
physical punishment
• Children respond more to affection than to physical punishment.
corporal punishment
(= when someone punishes a child by hitting them )
• Corporal punishment is banned in state schools.
capital punishment
(= death as a punishment for a crime )
• The are trying to abolish capital punishment except in cases of terrorism.
the maximum punishment
• The charge against him carries a maximum punishment of a year in jail.
verbs
give somebody a punishment
• He deserved the punishment he was given. • The teacher may impose reasonable punishments.
hand out punishments
(= give people punishments )
• The courts are handing out harsher punishments to reckless drivers.
impose/mete out a punishment
formal (= give someone a punishment )
• Life imprisonment should be the maximum punishment meted out by the state.
receive a punishment
• He received the maximum punishment.
escape/avoid punishment
• The thieves managed to escape punishment.
carry a punishment
(= used when saying what the punishment for something is )
• The offence carries a punishment of up to 10 years in prison.
inflict a punishment (on somebody)
(= punish someone, especially physically )
• The abbot could inflict corporal punishment for gross disobedience.
phrases
the punishment should fit the crime
(= it should be appropriate )
• The public believe that the punishment should fit the crime.
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