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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
punish . - adjective That has been the object of
punishment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)
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Promoted to Headline (H3) on 3/11/09: Some wounded soldiers 'punished for injuries' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Some wounded soldiers \'punished for injuries\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: Shades of the Bush-era Walter Reed Medical Center.
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_Bachelors should be punished, because they break a law of nature_, the ambiguity becomes obvious when you expand: _All law breakers should be punished, Bachelors break a law of nature, Therefore bachelors should be punished_; at once you see that _law_ is used in two senses, one the
The Making of Arguments J. H. Gardiner
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_constantly wept when I punished them_; and now she is among the slaves front morning to night; she regulates the whole of my slave establishment; she inquires into every offence committed by them, pronounces sentence upon the offender, and _stands by and sees them punished_. '
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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_constantly wept when I punished them_; and now she is among the slaves front morning to night; she regulates the whole of my slave establishment; she inquires into every offence committed by them, pronounces sentence upon the offender, and _stands by and sees them punished_. '
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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They had no part in this, the only way the kids were punished is because there happened to be a meeting after school hours in the parking lot ...
The Volokh Conspiracy » Could Students Be Suspended for “Beat the Jew” Game 2010
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Lansingburgh Central School District Superintendent George Goodwin punished Whalen for having the small utility knife in a tool kit that was locked in the teen's car.
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Lansingburgh Central School District Superintendent George Goodwin punished Whalen for having the small utility knife in a tool kit that was locked in the teen's car.
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(And even though the mindset that dissenting views deserve to be crushed and punished is a very ugly one, I do get some amusement from seeing the logical pretzels that commenters twist themselves in to trying to claim that such a mindset makes them the enlightened ones.) nicehonesty (Quote)
The Volokh Conspiracy » Caution About Sending E-Mails — and About Trust 2010
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Whether anyone should be punished is an entirely separate matter, and one that depends on what individual students may or may not have done.
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Whether anyone should be punished is an entirely separate matter, and one that depends on what individual students may or may not havedone.
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