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Academic IELTS (Band 5 and Below) - Punishment

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Vocabulary for Academic IELTS (5)
penalty

a punishment or consequence imposed as a result of violating rules

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punishment

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

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fine

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

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imprisonment

the action of putting someone in prison

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jail

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

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prison

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

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execution

the act of punishing a criminal by death

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to torture

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

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to whip

to violently hit a person or animal with a whip

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to imprison

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

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to punish

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

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to fine

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

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