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Collocations for punish - verb

ADVERB

harshly, severely
justly
unfairly
duly
Those who had opposed the court were duly punished.
physically

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VERB + punish

want to
try to
He was trying to punish her for deserting him all those years ago.
be designed to
Damages are not designed to punish, but to compensate for the loss sustained.

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PREPOSITION

by
Never punish children by making them go hungry.
for
They will be severely punished for their crimes.
with
Offenders will be punished with a £1 000 fine.

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PHRASES

be punished accordingly
Those found guilty will be punished accordingly.

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Punish is used with these nouns as the object:
ball, child, crime, murderer, sin

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