 | Englisch  | Deutsch |  |
 | stiff {adj} [punishment etc.] | 15 schwer [Strafe etc.] |  |
 | exemplary {adj} [of a punishment] | 10 abschreckend |  |
 | exemplary {adj} [of a punishment] | warnend |  |
 | light {adj} [punishment] | mild / milde |  |
Verben |
 | to spare sb./sth. [from harm, punishment etc.] | 1811 jdn./etw. verschonen |  |
 | to inflict sth. [punishment, fine] | 429 etw. verhängen [Strafe, Geldstrafe] |  |
 | to suffer [as punishment, in hell etc.] | 115 büßen |  |
 | to give sb. sth. [e.g. punishment] | 40 jdm. etw. aufbrummen [ugs.] [auferlegen] |  |
 | to ban [fig., political: of trade with terrorist regimes, of corporal punishment, etc.] | 33 ächten [fig.] [verbieten] |  |
 | to birch sb. [punishment using a birch stick] | 32 jdn. züchtigen [geh.] |  |
 | to thrash sb. [corporal punishment] | 26 jdn. vermöbeln [ugs.] [als Strafe] |  |
 | hist. to decimate [military punishment for mutinous soldiers] | 23 [jeden zehnten Mann töten lassen] |  |
 | to restore [capital punishment etc.] | 21 wiedereinführen |  |
Substantive |
 | sanction [punishment] | 437 Strafmaßnahme {f} |  |
 | hist. law stake [punishment of death by burning] | 252 Scheiterhaufen {m} |  |
 | law fine [financial punishment] | 161 Ordnungsstrafe {f} |  |
 | pol. ban [fig., political: of trade with terrorist regimes, of corporal punishment, etc.] | 26 Ächtung {f} [fig., politisch: Verbot] |  |
 | educ. lines {pl} [school punishment] | 19 Strafarbeit {f} [einen Satz zur Strafe x-mal schreiben] |  |
 | relig. penance [punishment undergone in token of penitence] | 18 Bußübung {f} |  |
 | law sentence [punishment, fine] | 18 Strafsatz {m} |  |
 | correction [by corporal punishment] [obs.] | 15 Züchtigung {f} |  |
 | correction [punishment] | 13 Zucht {f} [Züchtigung] |  |
 | rod [instrument of punishment] [also fig.] | 8 Zuchtrute {f} [Stock zum Schlagen] [auch fig.] |  |
 | educ. hist. law [punishment in German universities and schools in which students were detained in 'Karzer' (on-site prison cells)] | 5 Karzerstrafe {f} |  |
 | law [right of the state to inflict punishment] | 5 Strafanspruch {m} |  |
 | hist. [having to kneel on the edge of a triangular piece of wood as punishment] | Scheitelknien {n} |  |
 | educ. hist. cane [as a tool for punishment] | Rohrstaberl {n} [österr.] [ugs.] [Rohrstock] |  |
 | caning [corporal punishment] | Verprügeln {n} |  |
 | hanging [form of capital punishment] | Henken {n} [veraltet] [Aufhängen am Galgen, Hinrichtung durch den Strang] |  |
 | hist. law the stocks {pl} [treated as sg. or pl.] [instrument of punishment] | (der) Schandstock {m} [Fußblock] |  |
 | hist. the stocks {pl} [treated as sg. or pl.] [instrument of punishment] | (der) Stock {m} [Fußblock] |  |
 | victimization [selective punishment] | gezielte Bestrafung {f} |  |
2 Wörter: Andere |
 | richly deserved {adj} [victory, punishment, holiday / vacation, etc.] | hochverdient [Sieg, Strafe, Urlaub etc.] |  |
2 Wörter: Verben |
 | med. pharm. to administer sth. (to sb.) [a remedy or drug; hum. also: a punishment] | (jdm.) etw.Akk. verabfolgen [veraltend] [verabreichen] [ein Medikament; hum. auch: eine Tracht Prügel etc.] |  |
 | to administer sth. to sb. [punishment] | etw. über jdn. verhängen [Strafe etc.] |  |
 | to ask for sth. [punishment, trouble etc.] | etw. herausfordern [Strafe etc.] |  |
 | educ. to give sb. lines [Br.] [written punishment] | jdm. eine Strafarbeit aufgeben |  |
 | admin. law to hand out sth. [set legal punishment] | etw. verhängen [Strafe] |  |
 | to mete out sth. [esp. punishment] | etw.Akk. austeilen [bes. Strafen, Sanktionen] |  |
2 Wörter: Substantive |
 | idiom just deserts {pl} [punishment etc.] | wohlverdiente Strafe {f} |  |
 | educ. school punishment [punishment used in schools] | Schulstrafe {f} |  |
 | hist. mil. swagger stick [stick of non-commissioned officers in German forces of the 18th and 19th centuries used for punishment of soldiers] | Korporalsstock {m} |  |
3 Wörter: Verben |
 | to get off with sth. [light punishment, minor injury] | mit etw. davonkommen |  |
 | to have had sth. coming [e.g. punishment] | etw.Akk. verdient haben [Strafe, Unglück etc.] |  |
 | to show no mercy [with punishment] | keine Nachsicht kennen [bei Strafen] |  |
3 Wörter: Substantive |
 | hist. place of execution [capital punishment] | Richtstätte {f} [geh.] |  |
4 Wörter: Verben |
 | to get what one deserves [just punishment] | seine gerechte Strafe erhalten |  |
5+ Wörter: Andere |
 | I had it coming (to me). [deserving of punishment, etc.] | Ich habe es verdient. [Strafe, Ohrfeige, Tadel] |  |
5+ Wörter: Verben |
 | to be on bread and water [former prison punishment diet] | bei Wasser und Brot sein |  |
5+ Wörter: Substantive |
 | a month on bread and water [former prison punishment diet] | ein Monat {m} bei Wasser und Brot |  |
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