The phrase "suffer retribution" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe the act of experiencing punishment or consequences for one's actions. You can use it in any sentence where you want to convey this meaning. Example: The criminal's heinous actions caused many innocent people to suffer retribution at the hands of the law.
Parents said they were afraid that their children would suffer retribution if their names were published.
For example, someone making a comment in an article about the business practices of her employer may not want to be publicly identified, lest she suffer retribution.
Despite warnings from world leaders that Iran would suffer retribution for this trial, business concerns seem to have prevailed over principled platitudes, as usual.
She suspected that if she pushed forward and gave Fletcher the rating he deserved, she and her team would suffer retribution: The VPs could withhold resources or even force her out of the company.
In the letters, the inmates — whose real names were not released by the N.Y.C.L.U. because the organization said they might suffer retribution from corrections officials — accepted responsibility for the crimes that they had committed on the outside but questioned whether their behavior on the inside deserved such treatment.
Citizens also need to feel that what they say will make a difference in the programs and, importantly, that they will not suffer retribution for speaking up.
Commissioner Kelly commissioned the review in early 2011 amid mounting pressure in the wake of Eterno's and Silverman's research as well as media coverage of audiotapes secretly recorded by police officer Adrian Schoolcraft, who suffered retribution for his attempts to expose crime downgrades.
Bob Fu, president of ChinaAid, a Christian advocacy group in Texas that championed Mr. Chen's case, said, "He's happy to finally have a rest after seven years of suffering, but he's also worried they will suffer some retribution".
In Iraq, however, America has left many collaborating locals to suffer violent retribution.
When dealing with people who gratuitously cause the innocent to suffer, no retribution seems too extreme, and the history of movies is full of good men (and a few women) driven to righteous brutality against predators, kidnappers and abusers.
As for voters' stated desire to see bankers suffer just retribution, they need to explain their dislike of well-paid BBC or railway bosses who did not cause the credit crunch.Other explanations are needed for the public mood.
