It was an insanely difficult job, one that she would call "cruel and unusual punishment" if it were assigned to graduate students.
That's what I call cruel and unusual punishment.
He and his parents sued the school, calling it "cruel and unusual punishment" and loss of liberty, but lost the case.
But an Iraqi newspaper applauded the attack, calling it due punishment for America's crimes.
He called the demolitions "collective punishment" that would not enhance Israel's security.
For these two are the only reasons why one man may lawfully do harm to another, which is that we call punishment.
Now, they don't call it punishment.
For Palestinians, the loss of jobs in Israel is an instant hardship, and some denounced what they called collective punishment against them.
The AEthereal do not believe in what we call capital punishment.
But in this case, I would call it premature punishment.