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1. Subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offence or fault or in order to coerce some behaviour (as a confession or obedience)

1. Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
   "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again";
   - penalize, penalise [Brit], sanction

See also: punishing, tarred-and-feathered

Antonym: unpunished

Encyclopedia: Punished