"punishment" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Neither their families nor the public knew about the failed coup, but the officers' punishment served as a stark warning to others in the military.
- The one-night jail terms usually become the punishment for the crime, because most defendants in such cases are sentenced to time served.
- (That's not quite fair, as we just saw, since Binding thought punishment served the purpose of maintaining state authority.)
- In the penultimate frame he faces capital punishment which the punters hope "serves as an example".
- "And for those few who were corrupt, we would hope that the punishment serves as a strong message to the Iraqis."
- You chose to fight me and therefore your punishment will serve as an example to any others who choose folly over wisdom.
- Such punishment will serve no positive end.
- It was difficult to prevent outbreaks of temper and only the strictest punishment could serve as a deterrent.
- The punishment does not serve to reform the children, however it does give them time, and the mindset, to be reasoned with.
- Certainly a punishment, and such a punishment that it will serve as an example for the future".
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