Punish
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373 examples of Punish in a sentence
And, second, Trump’s dysfunctional administration is a model of how not to govern, and voters could
punish
those, like French National Front leader Marine Le Pen, who continue to emulate it.
Is the purpose of using military force to prevent future attacks against Syrian civilians, or is the proper goal to
punish
President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for violating the law of nations?
By contrast, the trouble with using military force to
punish
is that necessity and proportionality cannot easily be applied to the calculus: a slap on the wrist would trivialize the gravity of the offense, while large-scale intervention would wreak death and destruction on many who are innocent.
The biologist Martin Nowak has argued that the only way humans have been able to sustain cooperation is by developing cheap ways to
punish
misbehavior.
To discourage A from hurting B, the reaction of C can be important, because if A knows that C will
punish
him for what he does to B, he might think twice before hurting B.But if punishment is risky or costly for C, she may not do much to A, making A feel unconstrained.
But if C can
punish
A in a cheap and even enjoyable way, the threat to A may be more substantial.
In the US, there is a natural tendency to
punish
political candidates when they lie, but mostly about their personal peccadillos.
The current arrangements governing the euro are here to stay, because Germany will always do the bare minimum to preserve the common currency – and because the markets and the European authorities would
punish
any other country that challenged these arrangements.
I do, however, believe that sporadic interventions may be needed to
punish
speculators who are taking advantage of temporary market psychology to keep the yen far above its market value.
But, instead of addressing the structural causes of rising corruption, India’s anti-graft movement bemoans a supposed weakening of ethical values and demands additional agencies with draconian powers to monitor and
punish.
The denial of data apparently began as an attempt to
punish
India for condemning China’s massive, cross-border infrastructure agenda as an opaque, neocolonial enterprise.
China’s desire to
punish
India was then reinforced by the Doklam standoff.
For example, Gazprom has obediently cut off gas flows to recalcitrant neighbors whom the Kremlin wants to punish, at major commercial cost, while supplying all of Russia, regardless of whether it gets paid.
The implication is clear:
punish
only people who use guns to commit crimes, but do not penalize others as well by restricting their access to guns.
Equity and currency markets regularly
punish
countries for even a hint of political upheaval, whereas rulers with more power and fewer checks and balances are assumed to be more capable of ensuring meaningful “reforms.”
With voters unconvinced that European Parliament elections have any concrete impact, domestic political calculations dominate, with citizens using their votes – when they bother to vote at all – to send signals to national parties and
punish
incumbents.
If anything, the first-round results revealed the power of the non-Islamist revolutionary bloc, as well as Egyptians’ willingness to
punish
Islamists for their weak job performance in the parliament.
But it also suggests that maintaining the current siege would merely
punish
a peace-loving population while strengthening the grip of its worst elements on society and public life.
The US does not have party-line elections, so voters can either
punish
a party (usually the one that has been in charge) by voting against all of its candidates; fully support a particular party; or split their tickets by voting for one party’s presidential candidate and another party’s congressional candidates.
If the market is working towards a world where users exercise the power to manage their own reputations, it will ultimately
punish
companies that become too arrogant.
In democratic countries, if politicians who are critical of others while in opposition prove to be ineffective when in government, voters can - and often do -
punish
their dishonesty at the ballot box.
For example, just last month in Tanzania, hundreds of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people were forced into hiding after a city official in Dar es Salaam warned that a taskforce was being created to identify and
punish
gay people.
And until the Article 7 procedure is suspended or reversed, those funds should be redirected to support universities, research institutions, and other civil-society groups in that country.This approach would demonstrate to the citizens of wayward countries that the EU does not want to
punish
them for their governments’ behavior.
This approach would demonstrate to the citizens of wayward countries that the EU does not want to
punish
them for their governments’ behavior.
In 2016, we should hope for the TPP’s defeat and the beginning of a new era of trade agreements that don’t reward the powerful and
punish
the weak.
Whatever the economics, taking this route may be harder today than ever before: with so many developing countries becoming vibrant democracies, electorates may
punish
governments that accept what is widely viewed as another unfair trade agreement.
Clearly, this would
punish
other countries that are innocent bystanders in the Venezuelan mess.
At the London Conference, world leaders should support the counter-narcotics strategy recently approved by the Afghan government, which would reduce economic dependence on opium production,
punish
traffickers and dealers, and provide sustainable economic alternatives for poppy farmers.
Those who murder or abduct children should be made aware that international authorities will
punish
them.
If we prohibit drugs in the Olympic Games, we owe it to the athletes to deter, detect, and
punish
those who cheat.
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