noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ cruel , harsh , heavy , severe
▪ unusual
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the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual ~
▪ appropriate , fitting
▪ capital
▪ corporal , physical
▪ collective
VERB + PUNISHMENT
▪ administer , dish out ( informal ), dole out ( informal ), hand out , impose , inflict , mete out
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It is unlawful for a teacher to inflict corporal ~ on students.
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Harsh ~ is expected to be meted out to the murderer.
▪ face , receive , suffer
▪ accept , take
▪
Take your ~ like a man.
▪ avoid , escape
▪ deserve
PREPOSITION
▪ as ~ (for)
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He had his privileges withdrawn as ~ for fighting with another prisoner.
▪ ~ for
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Punishments for killing the king's deer were severe.
PHRASES
▪ crime and ~
▪
the sociology of crime and ~
▪ the ~ fits the crime
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The victim's family do not believe that this ~ fits the crime.
▪ reward and ~
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They use a system of reward and ~ to discipline their children.