punish
verb/ˈpʌnɪʃ/
Frequency rank: #4,516 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
To make someone suffer for doing something wrong.
Example sentence
The teacher decided to punish the students for not completing their homework.
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