Punishment: English Vocabulary List

a person who is held in a prison or correctional facility

"The inmate wrote a letter."

"An inmate is a person who is confined to an institution such as a prison"

the temporary removal or barring of an individual from a position, privilege, or institution as a disciplinary measure

"He faced suspension."

"The student received a two-week suspension from school for violating the academic integrity policy."

to keep someone or something within limits of different types, such as subject, activity, area, etc.

"They confined the prisoner to his cell."

"The injured bird was confined to a small cage until its broken wing healed completely and it could fly again on its own."

to kill someone, especially as a legal penalty

"Execute the prisoner."

"The soldiers were ordered to execute the traitor immediately after the court martial found him guilty of betraying his country during the war."

to execute a criminal by using electricity

"They will electrocute the prisoner."

"The state's controversial law allowed for criminals to be executed by electrocution as a form of capital punishment."

to kill a person by holding them in the air with a rope tied around their neck

"They will hang the criminal."

"In ancient times, criminals were sometimes sentenced to hang as a public display of justice."