B1 to cause someone who has done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer, by hurting them, forcing them to pay money, sending them to prison, etc.惩罚
to punish anyone who commits a particular crime惩处(犯罪行为)
More examples
Even minor infringements of the law will be severely punished.
Instead of simply punishing them, the system encourages offenders to modify their behaviour.
He said that when he was a boy, his father used to take a stick to him to punish him.
They were punished by being made to stand out in the cold.
She was punished for smoking on school premises.
to use or treat something badly, violently, or without care粗暴对待,伤害
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