Sentence examples for Be punished from inspiring English sources

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Dictionary

Be punished

verb

To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.

synonyms

castigate

penalise

penalize

Exact(59)

It must be punished".

The New Yorker

Cheaters should be punished.

The New York Times

He should be punished".

The New York Times

She needed to be punished.

The New York Times - Books

Fraudulent activity should be punished.

The Economist

Why should 'we' be punished?

The New Yorker

She has to be punished".

The New Yorker

They wouldn't be punished.

The New York Times

"I should be punished.

The New York Times

"Trespassers will be punished".

The New Yorker

"Violations must be punished.

The New York Times

More suggestions(15)

Be penalised

Be denounced

Be suppressed

Be banished

Be disciplined

Be persecuted

Be quashed

Be sanctioned

Be imprisoned

Be undermined

Be prosecuted

Be penalty

Be imprisonment

Be punishing

seemed punished

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