Académico IELTS (Banda 5 y Abajo) - Punishment

a punishment given for breaking a rule, law, or legal agreement

castigo

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

castigo

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

multa

the action of putting someone in prison

encarcelamiento

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

cárcel

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

prisión, cárcel

the act of punishing a criminal by death

ejecución

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

torturar

to violently hit a person or animal with a whip

azotar, fustigar

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

encarcelar

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

castigar

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

multar