Talking about Punishment: English Vocabulary List

to force someone to live away from their native country, usually due to political reasons or as a punishment

"The king exiled his political enemies."

"The king decided to exile his political opponents to a remote island so that they could not cause any more trouble for him."

the killing of a criminal as punishment

"Some countries still use capital punishment."

"Capital punishment remains a deeply controversial practice"

the punishment of killing a criminal, which is officially ordered by a court

"The death penalty is controversial."

"The death penalty is a state-sanctioned execution of a person as a punishment for a crime"

a device used for carrying out capital punishment by electrocution

"The electric chair electrocutes."

"The electric chair is a device designed to execute a condemned person by passing a lethal dose of high-voltage electrical current directly through their body."

the act of striking a person with a flexible instrument designed for inflicting pain as a form of punishment or discipline

"Whipping caused pain."

"Judicial whipping is a sentence of corporal punishment where a convicted person is beaten with a whip or a similar instrument"

unpaid work done either as a form of punishment by a criminal or as a voluntary service by a citizen

"Community service is unpaid."

"Community service is a non-custodial sentence requiring an offender to perform unpaid"

the act of putting or keeping someone in captivity

"Incarceration is being jailed."

"The lengthy period of incarceration for the convicted criminal was a consequence of his repeated offenses."

to severely criticize or scold someone for their actions or behaviors

"The boss will reprimand the lazy worker."

"The boss will reprimand any employee who arrives late to work without a valid excuse."

to officially hold someone in a place, such as a jail, and not let them go

"The police detained the suspicious man."

"The police had to detain the suspicious individual for questioning after they found him loitering near the bank late at night."

to force someone to leave a country, often as a form of punishment or to keep them away

"They will banish him."

"The king decided to banish the traitor from the kingdom to prevent further acts of disloyalty."

to secure or attach something or someone using a series of connected links

"Chain the gate shut."

"The dog owner decided to chain his pet to a tree in the yard while he went inside to answer an important phone call."

to force a foreigner to leave a country, usually because they have broken the law

"The government deported the illegal immigrant."

"The government made the difficult decision to deport the illegal immigrant back to his home country after he committed a serious crime."