punish in English: To make someone suffer something bad because they have done something wrong. (verb)

Translation

To make someone suffer something bad because they have done something wrong.

Word origin

From Latin punire, meaning to make someone pay for a wrong, which reached English through Old French punir.

Verb typeregular (punish, punishes, punished)

lying.

"Punish someone for something" names the thing they did wrong.

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"Punished with" names the bad thing they must suffer.

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The past form is regular: punish, punished.

wrong

Not right, or not correct.

rule

Something that tells you what you may or may not do.

law

A rule made by a country that everyone must follow.

prison

A building where people are locked up after a court says they broke the law.

angry

Feeling very cross because something is wrong or unfair.

punishment

Something bad that is done to a person because they have broken a rule or done something wrong.

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