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verb
Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on.
synonyms: penalize, punish.
is a broader term that covers: avenge, retaliate, revenge | tar-and-feather | execute, put to death | pillory | castigate | amerce | victimise, victimize | scourge | correct, discipline, sort out.
entailment: approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge.
derivation: penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment | punitive, punitory.
Dutch: afstraffen, bestraffen, kastijden, straffen, tuchtigen
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