"punish" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

punish verbo

punish + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 42
punish people • punish children • punish companies • punish offenders • punish criminals • ...
(6) sin, behavior, conduct
Kolokacji: 3
(7) disobedience, dissent
Kolokacji: 2
1. punish disobedience = ukarz nieposłuszeństwo punish disobedience
2. punish dissent = ukarz różnicę zdań punish dissent
  • Historically, repressive governments have sought to punish political dissent.
  • They should recognize that the draft security law, which incorporated provisions used to punish dissent severely on the mainland, needs to be discarded or fundamentally rewritten.
  • A large coalition of activist groups accused police of compiling information to punish and repress lawful dissent.
  • He rewards loyalty with committee chairmanships and other perquisites, punishes dissent and dodges reform.
  • Mr. Vallone is currently able to use committee assignments and other perks to reward loyalty and punish dissent.
  • The Government also found other, more creative ways to punish Shiite dissent.
  • The Church punishes dissent, punishes education.
  • Her latest book challenges the assumption that early modern censorship was an instrument used by governmental power to punish dissent.
  • Critics say the statute could be used to punish dissent and have called for major revisions when the new national congress meets next month.
  • In the 1970s and 1980s students were forced to watch public hangings next to the medical faculty to punish dissent and inspire fear.
verbo + punish
Kolokacji: 4
want to punish • go to punish • stop punishing • try to punish
punish + preposición
Kolokacji: 14
punished for • punished with • punished in • punish by • punish to • ...
punish + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 31
severely punished • harshly punished • unfairly punished • properly punished • physically punished • ...

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