Synonyms for punishes
pun·ish·es

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1. List of paraphrases for "punishes":

   penalizes, penalises, criminalizes, represses, suppresses

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1. Douglas Kantor:

   You know what you’re doing is wrong, we know it. Whether you get yours in this life or God punishes you, you’re going to get justly punished and the lack of justice we’re going to get, you’re going to have to answer for someday.

2. Cabot Phillips:

   The university punishes students based on how controversial or offensive their words are. Well, by nature, the most controversial ideas will be the ones that are least present, and in college campuses it’s overwhelmingly conservative ideas that are not present, so it’s going to be conservative students that are facing the brunt of this, any student, it doesn’t matter political affiliation, no student should have to fear bringing up ideas that may make people a little uncomfortable.

3. John Steinbeck:

   The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

4. Marvin Hier:

   I'm delighted and I think it's the right thing to do, as I've said before, for those who say it's a form of collective punishment that also punishes their families, that's the problem of the Nazi who lied about his past and not our problem.

5. Goa Kerle:

   Wrong always rewards, never punishes while right does both. When wrong rewards, that's right punishing.