punish

1. Impose a penalty on;
   Inflict punishment on (synset 202505278)
   "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
   entail: approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
   subtypes:

   • avenge, retaliate, revenge - take revenge for a perceived wrong
   • tar-and-feather - smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment
   • execute, put to death - kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
   • pillory - punish by putting in a pillory
   • castigate - inflict severe punishment on
   • amerce - punish with an arbitrary penalty
   • victimise, victimize - punish unjustly
   • scourge - punish severely; excoriate
   • correct, discipline, sort out - punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
   same as: penalise, penalize

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