punished

Definition of Punished in English :

Adjective

1. punished

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)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Punished

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verb

1.

to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour

2. (transitive)

to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc)

3. (transitive)

to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertion

to punish a horse

4. (transitive) informal

to consume (some commodity) in large quantities

to punish the bottle

Punished

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verb transitive

1.

to cause to undergo pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or wrongdoing

2.

to impose a penalty on a wrongdoer for (an offense)

3.

to treat harshly or injuriously

the punishing rays of the sun

4. Informal

to consume or use up

verb intransitive

5.

to deal out punishment

Punished

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v. pun·ished, pun·ish·ing, pun·ish·es

v.tr.

1. To subject to a penalty for an offense, sin, or fault.

2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense).

3. To handle or use roughly; damage or hurt: My boots were punished by our long trek through the desert.

v.intr.

To exact or mete out punishment.

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