punish

punish
transitive verb
1) bestrafen [Person, Tat]; strafen (geh.) [Person]
2) (Boxing coll.) schwer zusetzen (+ Dat.)
3) (coll.): (tax) auf eine harte Probe stellen
4) (coll.): (put under stress) strapazieren [Nerven, Bauwerk]
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verb
1) (to cause to suffer for a crime or fault: He was punished for stealing the money.) bestrafen
2) (to give punishment for: The teacher punishes disobedience.) bestrafen
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- academic.ru/59075/punishable">punishable
- punishment
- punitive
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pun·ish
[ˈpʌnɪʃ]
vt
▪ to \punish sb jdn bestrafen [o geh strafen]
▪ to \punish sth crime, offence etw bestrafen [o geh ahnden]
murder, in some states, can be \punished with the death penalty auf Mord steht in manchen Staaten die Todesstrafe
to \punish sb heavily/severely jdn hart/streng bestrafen
to \punish sb with a fine jdn mit einer Geldstrafe belegen
2. (treat roughly)
▪ to \punish sb/sth jdn/etw strapazieren [o stark beanspruchen] [o fig arg mitnehmen]; (treat badly)
▪ to \punish sb jdn malträtieren; in a fight jdn übel zurichten
▪ to \punish sth etw malträtieren [o fam ramponieren
3. (exert oneself)
▪ to \punish oneself sich akk [ab]quälen [o [ab]schinden
4. (fig fam: consume)
▪ to \punish sth food etw verputzen [o wegputzen] fig fam; drink etw zischen [o ÖSTERR runterkippen] fig fam
to \punish a beer ein Bier zischen [o fam runterkippen]
to \punish a bottle of whisky eine Flasche Whiskey köpfen fig fam
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['pʌnɪʃ]
vt
1) person bestrafen, strafen (geh); offence bestrafen

he was punished by a fine — er wurde mit einer Geldstrafe belegt

he has been punished enough — er ist genug bestraft worden

our team was punished for making that mistake — unsere Mannschaft musste für diesen Fehler büßen

the other team punished us for that mistake — die andere Mannschaft ließ uns für diesen Fehler büßen

2) (fig inf: drive hard, treat roughly) strapazieren; horses, oneself schinden; opponent vorführen (inf), zusetzen (+dat)
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punish [ˈpʌnıʃ] v/t
1. jemanden (be)strafen (for für, wegen)
2. ein Vergehen etc bestrafen, ahnden
3. umg
a) einen Boxer, auch allg jemanden übel zurichten
b) arg mitnehmen, schlauchen, strapazieren, fertigmachen
4. umg in eine Speise etc reinhauen
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transitive verb
1) bestrafen [Person, Tat]; strafen (geh.) [Person]
2) (Boxing coll.) schwer zusetzen (+ Dat.)
3) (coll.): (tax) auf eine harte Probe stellen
4) (coll.): (put under stress) strapazieren [Nerven, Bauwerk]
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(for) v.
bestrafen (für) v.
strafen v. v.
ahnden v.
bestrafen v.
strafen v.

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