punir-punish: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is punir? punir is punish

What is punish?

  • Frapper quelqu'un d'une peine, sanctionner un acte : Punir un criminel. La loi punit le vol d'emprisonnement.

    Hitting someone with a sentence, punish an Act: punish a criminal. The law punishes the theft of imprisonment.

  • Infliger à quelqu'un une punition pour telle action, telle attitude : Punir un enfant de sa gourmandise.

    Impose on someone a punishment for such action, such attitude: punish a child of his gluttony.

  • Constituer un châtiment, une sanction : Un échec le punirait d'avoir été si prétentieux.

    To be a punishment, a sanction: Failure would punish him for being so pretentious.

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