To punish someone is to punish them for something that they have done. Sometimes the punishment is physical, but it can also be financial or emotional.
The teacher punished the students for being noisy.
The company is punishing its employees for being late.
The government is punishing its citizens for breaking the law.
adjective
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
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VERB
resulting in punishment
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Let the punishment fit the crime.
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The punishment would fit the crime.
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In the military, insubordination can be a punishable crime.
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By way of digression, corporal punishment is punishment to the body.
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It is inexpedient to inflict punishment.
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I punished the impenitent.
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He was punished for robbery.
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The defector was punished severely.
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The rebel was punished harshly.
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The severest punishment was ostracism.