"punishment" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Judges, mirroring local public opinion, tend to give lenient punishments.
- Class C represents those thought to have the least capacity for harm, and so the Act demands more lenient punishment.
- Of 479 cases which have appeared in magistrates' courts around the country, 21% are age 17 or under, entitling them to anonymity and more lenient punishments.
- When the first astonishingly harsh sentences were handed down, the remaining defendants quickly began agreeing to plead guilty in return for more lenient punishment.
- The case went to trial in January 1912 and the jury found Fox guilty of the offense, but recommend a lenient punishment.
- By a fluke he escaped with extremely lenient punishment: he was allowed to hold on to a job in the central Government, but in disgrace.
- It is generally agreed that the purge was not well conducted, with often absurdly severe or overly lenient punishments being handed down.
- He was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of 2,400 dinars ($1,700; £1,000), a much more lenient punishment than predicted.
- The character judge is known for his lenient punishments.
- Limited probation was the most lenient punishment the students could have received for the disruption.
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