punish
verb
[ ˈpʌnɪʃ ]
• inflict a penalty or sanction on (someone) as retribution for an offence, especially a transgression of a legal or moral code.
• "I have done wrong and I'm being punished for it"
Similar:
penalize,
discipline,
mete out punishment to,
bring someone to book,
teach someone a lesson,
make an example of,
tan/whip someone's hide,
get,
scalp,
murder,
wallop,
thump,
give it to someone,
throw the book at,
skin alive,
drop on,
give someone what for,
tear down,
chastise,
chasten,
recompense,
visit,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French puniss-, lengthened stem of punir ‘punish’, from Latin punire, from poena ‘penalty’.
