noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
administer justice/punishment etc
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It is not the job of the police to administer justice; that falls to the courts.
capital punishment
corporal punishment
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Corporal punishment was abolished in Britain in 1986.
deserve punishment
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If you commit a crime, you have deserved punishment.
harsh criticism/treatment/punishment etc
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His theory met with harsh criticism from colleagues.
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the harsh measures taken against the protesters
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
capital
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But capital punishment is not for me in that category: it is not self-evidently harmful, not self-evidently unjust.
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The participating States reconfirm their commitments in the Copenhagen and Moscow Documents concerning the question of capital punishment .
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Late in life she campaigned against capital punishment , in alliance with William Allen of Guy's Hospital.
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Federal appeals judge Alex Kozinski, a Ronald Reagan appointee, recently attacked the legal machinery of capital punishment .
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It called for a free vote on marijuana, and also for possible referendums on abortion and the restoration of capital punishment .
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You got an answer for this, or are you busy preparing your next rally against capital punishment ?
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Beccaria's reputation for humanity comes from the famous sections that oppose the use of torture and of capital punishment .
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He seems to become especially intense when questioning turns to the issue of capital punishment .
corporal
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I there soon experienced my first dealings with corporal punishment .
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Moderate Assembly Republicans broke ranks with conservative members to defeat a GOP-sponsored bill that would have returned corporal punishment to the classroom.
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For campaigners for the abolition of corporal punishment this will have been a setback.
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Cases of corporal punishment shall be reported by each teacher on the dates of their occurrence in writing..
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She said inspectors should advise schools using corporal punishment that it was outmoded.
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So I became the sole target of corporal punishment .
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She waited with her buttocks bared like a naughty girl, while he selected an instrument of corporal punishment .
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It was not thought that there was much demand for corporal punishment .
cruel
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A huge, cruel , unjustified punishment far in excess of Digby's crime.
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Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
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Chapel and Sunday-school were to me cruel ceremonious punishments for the freedom of Monday to Saturday ....
harsh
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The law and order lobby, in contrast, focuses on deterring the offender with ever harsher punishments .
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Rodman was disciplined for that incident too, which is why Stern nailed him with so harsh a punishment this time.
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Instead he was given 11 1 / 2 years -- an extremely harsh punishment for a relatively small, first-time offense.
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On the other side, the authorities handed out harsh punishments to anyone even suspected of those acts.
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This would be harsh punishment , but fitting.
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They criticized the president for punishing both the innocent and the guilty and for exacting such harsh punishment .
physical
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Negative reinforcement does not necessarily mean the threat of physical punishment .
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The threat of physical punishment or death was ever present, and it was invoked without hesitation against the recalcitrant and disrespectful.
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Over-anxious parents; stressed partners. Physical punishment at home and/or school.
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Short prison sentences or a light physical punishment are the norm in most criminal cases.
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Make your requirements on such things as physical punishment , sweet eating and so on clear from the outset.
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To sum up: The background to physical punishment is what is all-important.
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Most physical punishments used by parents are not intended to be, or experienced as, particularly painful.
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She has demonstrated a wellknown fact about physical punishment - it can lead to avoidance.
severe
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After childhood there is often nothing left but increasingly severe punishment .
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It is clear that younger children believe in the need for severe punishment .
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The Brit athletics superstar found Olympic gold in the heptathlon after two days of severe punishment .
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Charles resolved upon a severe punishment .
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Not all disciplinary abuses in the home are the severe deprivations or punishments that deform the lives of some children.
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Amal's brother, fearful of severe punishment for using drugs, did not step forward to clear his sister's name.
unusual
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Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
■ VERB
abolish
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On the question whether on merits it would be desirable to abolish capital punishment Ministers were divided.
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In 1965, Britain abolished capital punishment .
administer
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Major Burrows had dealt with the matter so effectively the father did not need to administer any further punishment .
avoid
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She can avoid punishment by appropriate actions.
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Most homicides were unplanned, and few brought any benefit to the offender even if he avoided punishment .
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The data showed that information specialists' actions were often impelled not simply by material rewards or to avoid punishment .
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There are more effective ways of avoiding punishment .
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A simple way to avoid punishment is to avoid punishers.
carry
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They had conveniently forgotten to tell me I had to carry out my punishment holding the glass in my left hand.
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Criminal cases that carry punishment of a year or less in jail are handled by the Muni Court.
consider
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Sickness may be considered to be a punishment inflicted for neglect of certain taboos.
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Her cousins considered the worst possible punishment a day without Margarett Sargent.
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The child considers punishment to be the essence of justice.
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In civilized cultures, Vegemite is considered capital punishment .
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Deborah carefully considered the types of punishments to use.
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He felt she might be considering some special punishment for the offense of even knowing Dooley Barlowe.
decide
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There is no objective formula for deciding what tariff of punishment should be attached to a particular offence.
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The administration is responsible for deciding the punishment .
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You can't be the jury, either, and decide a punishment for them.
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However, Wright resigned as speaker and from the House before the committee reached the stage of deciding a punishment .
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After ethics committee members question the two sides, they will meet privately to decide on a punishment recommendation.
deserve
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She bit her lip and knew that she deserved such punishment .
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After the shooting, they became consumed with the idea that a crime had been committed and deserved punishment .
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As such they don't deserve punishment , rather understanding and sympathy.
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I could not imagine what she had done to deserve such a punishment , but she did not look ashamed or unhappy.
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What had she done to deserve such punishment ?
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Sally-Anne deserved punishment for forcing him to do that, if for nothing else.
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And when we fail to live up to our own high expectations, the more we feel we deserve punishment and blame.
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If they behave in a manner that deserves punishment , they are punished.
escape
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But if the plea can be supported by a finding of guilt alone, a defendant might escape punishment altogether.
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Baker and Darman escaped punishment not only because their leaks seldom injured Bush but also because Bush thought he needed their services.
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However, at the same inquiry, trainer Gordon Richards escaped punishment .
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She was the only rioter found guilty, but escaped punishment by poisoning herself on the way to jail.
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He knew that he and Selborne, as uncapped players, would escape any such punishment .
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This enabled the robber to escape punishment because a second trial would have violated his constitutional rights.
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Weldon Flaharty, said in a recent interview that he inexplicably escaped administrative punishment , which could have shortened his career.
impose
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A simple majority vote is required to impose the punishment .
receive
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He or she should not receive extra punishment for not being overjoyed at being told off.
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Should a corporation receive less proportionate punishment for having contaminated its workers with deadly plutonium?
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It is often also the retaliation, not the provocation, that receives the punishment and the attention.
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The cornerback actually received the punishment Monday night following a shouting match with Bugel in practice that afternoon.
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An offender from outside the House may be summoned to the Bar of the House to receive punishment .
recommend
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In all eight players were recommended for punishment by the official investigation led by Judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum.
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The committee said it expects to recommend a punishment to the House by Friday, Jan. 17.
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Ed Bethune, R-Ark., will each present their recommended punishments .
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He was scheduled to give it to the Ethics Committee, which will recommend what punishment the speaker should receive.
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The ethics committee is to meet Wednesday to begin the process of recommending a punishment .
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The committee is widely expected to recommend punishments light enough to let Gingrich retain the speakership he narrowly won on Tuesday.
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Under the old schedule, the committee said it expected to recommend a punishment to the House by next Friday.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a glutton for punishment
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Being a glutton for punishment, a few days later we rounded it off by doing the Danube Knee bend towards Budapest.
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Steve Jobs is obviously a glutton for punishment.
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Talk about a glutton for punishment.
noncustodial sentence/punishment etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Punishments for bad behavior can range from time-outs to withdrawing privileges, such as television
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Corporal punishment was banned in Sweden in 1979.
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In cases of sheep-stealing, the usual punishment was hanging.
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Some people are demanding the return of capital punishment for murder.
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With five children in the house, the furniture has to take a lot of punishment .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But some are gluttons for punishment .
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But the overall effect was to help the guilty escape punishment .
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He would silence noise by poking his head down the first step and yelling threats of appalling punishment .
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In the meantime, the House ethics committee will be meeting on punishment for Gingrich.
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Now we are overtaken by guilt, and the pain of fear and helplessness is interpreted as punishment for nameless sins.
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Our eagerness for capital punishment echoes the mentality of the old slave code.
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Retributive punishment restores the balance by cancelling out this advantage with a commensurate disadvantage.
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When punishment of children is necessary, it can be based on reciprocity rather than expiation.