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  • verb transitive, idiomatic To punish someone so as to be a warning to others.

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synonyms (18)

Words with the same meaning

  1. bring to account
  2. bring to book
  3. call to account
  4. castigate
  5. chasten
  6. chastise
  7. correct
  8. deal with
  9. discipline
  10. inflict upon
  11. masthead
  12. penalize
  13. pillory
  14. punish
  15. settle with
  16. square accounts
  17. take to task
  18. visit upon

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