Punish

verb — past tense: punished ; past participle: punished ; present participle: punishing ;

1.: (TRANSITIVE) (to cause a person to pay a penalty for a fault or crime, chastise., to impose a penalty for [an offense], to treat harshly) punish a child ដាក់ទោស (ដាក់ទណ្ឌកម្ម) punish a horse ធ្វើបាប, ធ្វើទុក្ខ
Example: punish those who break the law.
2.: (បច្ចេកទេស) ដាក់ទោស, ដាក់ទណ្ឌកម្ម

ENGLISH MEANING

verb — past tense: punished ; past participle: punished ; present participle: punishing ;

1.: (TRANSITIVE) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.
2.: (TRANSITIVE) To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
3.: (TRANSITIVE) To injure, as by beating; to pommel.
4.: (TRANSITIVE) To deal with roughly or harshly; -- chiefly used with regard to a contest; as, our troops punished the enemy.

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