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Punish
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Punish meaning
To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent, teacher, or police officer). | To treat harshly and unfairly. | To handle or beat severely; to maul.
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People of God stop being silent even if the priest is silent, because they can punish the Bishop, but they cannot they cannot punish you people.
Markets punish the discriminator In The Economics of Discrimination (University of Chicago Press, 1957), economist Gary Becker asserts that markets automatically punish the companies that discriminate.
According to the Irish Independent, the new law will punish those who spike someone so they can "overpower or sedate" someone to "engage in a sexual act, cause harm, make a gain or cause a loss, or otherwise commit an offence".
After encountering Jesuit priests in her village, she converted to Catholicism at 19. Her relatives and the village attempted to punish her for her beliefs.
Argentines headed to the polls on Sunday in primary elections, with voters likely to punish the ruling centre-left Peronist coalition, angry at inflation scraping 116 per cent and a cost-of-living crisis that has left four in 10 people in poverty.
As expectations about what these products should detect increase, so too do the opportunities to let them misguide us and cause us to punish or profile innocent people.
A world that refuses to celebrate women pass the age of 45 And feels the need to punish her If she continues to be strong willed, hard-working and adventurous.
But as usual, Democrats want to punish the majority for the criminal or tragic actions of the few.
But Ministry of Local Government, Unity and Culture director of local government Douglas Mkweta said the DCs and council CEOs have been empowered to punish errant officers.
Carbon emissions measurements need to be accompanied by tools for leveraging said measurements in new initiatives and practices, and they need the involvement of institutions that can punish and reward carbon emissions behavior, directly or indirectly.
Certain strategy games incentivize quick thinking and punish slow gameplay, forcing players to act faster in combat.
City, lacking spark in the opening phase, improved after the break and had a penalty of their own ruled out for offside against Erling Haaland before they showed a ruthless streak to punish Arsenal.
Does this law need to be changed so as not to punish poor people for being poor?
Drive Rush’s frame advantage stacks up with other enhancing moves, such as the Punish Counter.
Dr Tang said: 'You can have panic attacks if you do something unhealthy and punish yourself.
During a town hall-style meeting, Mr. Hannity tossed a seeming softball by asking Mr. Trump to reaffirm that of course he did not intend to abuse his power and use the government to punish enemies.
Early bosses punish the player severely for not mastering this.
Even though there was no direct evidence that the 59-year-old was aware of the operation, Mr. Commissioner essentially decided to punish him for allowing the behavior to happen under his watch.
Following Luke’s escape on Bespin, and despite his master’s summons, Vader embarked upon a mission to track down and punish all those who covered up the boy’s existence, to the true Dark Lord of the Sith’s displeasure.
Future legislation will likely reward cement firms who succeed in hitting climate milestones and will punish those who fail.