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- punish with
punish with
punish someone with something
to use something to discipline someone. The captain punished the sailor with the lash. Sally threatened to punish Timmy with a spanking.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Kia | | KEE-ah | Swedish |
Matko | | - | Croatian |
CosticĂ | | kos-TEE-kə | Romanian |
Shekhar | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati |
Chesley | | CHES-lee | English |
LÉA | | - | French |