Akademisches IELTS (Band 5 und Darunter) - Punishment

a punishment or consequence imposed as a result of violating rules

Strafe, Buße

the act of making someone suffer because they have done something illegal or wrong

Strafe

an amount of money that must be paid as a legal punishment

Geldstrafe, Bußgeld

the action of putting someone in prison

inhaftierung, gefängnisstrafe

a place where criminals are put into by law as a form of punishment for their crimes

Gefängnis, Zelle

a building where people who did something illegal, such as stealing, murder, etc., are kept as a punishment

Gefängnis

the act of punishing a criminal by death

Hinrichtung

to violently hurt a person as a punishment or as a way of obtaining information from them

foltern, peinigen

to violently hit a person or animal with a whip

peitschen, prügeln

to put someone in prison or keep them somewhere and not let them go

inhaftieren, einsperren

to cause someone suffering for breaking the law or having done something they should not have

bestrafen, ahnden

to make someone pay a sum of money as punishment for violation of the law

mit einer Geldstrafe belegen