WORD OF THE DAY -PUNISH -

Thesaurus-Synonyms- PUNISH

'punish' verb to do something that hurts or disadvantages someone who has committed a crime or done something wrong: She’s being punished for a crime she didn’t commit. * τιμωρώ, κολάζω: κακομεταχειρίζομαι, ταλανίζω

[bring to justice] (formal) to make someone who has committed a crime face trial and punishment by a court: We shall not rest until the perpetrators of this heinous act have been brought to justice.
* παραδίδω στη δικαιοσύνη έναν εγκληματία

[convict] (said about a court or jury) to state that someone is guilty of a crime that they have been charged with: If convicted, if she faces a heavy fine or possibly a prison sentence. * κηρύσσω ένοχο, καταδικάζω

[discipline] (usually used in the passive) to punish someone and keep order in something such as organization or armed force: He was disciplined for behaving inappropriately at work. * διδάσκω ή επιβάλλω πειθαρχία: τιμωρώ, κολάζω, σωφρονίζω

[fine] to punish someone by making them pay a sum of money to the authorities: I was fined for speeding. * επιβάλλω ποινή (χρηματικού)προστίμου

[lock up] (informal) to send someone to prison: She got away with a fine when I think she ought to have been locked up. * εγκλείω, κλείνω κάποιον στη φυλακή

[make pay] to take revenge on someone or to punish them, usually not for something that the state regards as a crime: She decided that she was going to make him pay for the insult. * εκδικούμαι κάποιον ή κάνω κάποιον να «πληρώσει» για κάτι που κατά τη δικαιοσύνη δεν θεωρείται αδίκημα

[penalize] to impose a penalty on someone, usually in a sport or contest, often by giving an advantage to their opponent: You can be penalized for arguing with the referee. * τιμωρώ, κολάζω συνήθως σε άθλημα ή διαγωνισμό

[sentence] (said about a judge or court) to state what a person’s punishment will be after they have been convicted of a crime: He’s been sentenced to life imprisonment. * (για δικαστή ή δικαστήριο)καταδικάζω, απαγγέλλω ή επιβάλλω ποινή

taken from the BETSIS ELT DICTIONARY & THESAURUS