English verb: punish | |||
1. | punish (social) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | ||
Samples | The students were penalized for showing up late for class. We had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again. | ||
Synonyms | penalise, penalize | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | amerce, avenge, castigate, correct, discipline, execute, pillory, put to death, retaliate, revenge, scourge, sort out, tar-and-feather, victimise, victimize | ||
Entail | approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge | ||