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Academic IELTS (Band 6-7) - Punishment

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Vocabulary for Academic IELTS (6-7)
inmate

a person who is held in a prison or correctional facility

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suspension

the temporary removal or barring of an individual from a position, privilege, or institution as a disciplinary measure

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to exile

to force someone to live away from their native country, usually due to political reasons or as a punishment

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capital punishment

the killing of a criminal as punishment

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death penalty

the punishment of killing a criminal, which is officially ordered by a court

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electric chair

a device used for carrying out capital punishment by electrocution

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whipping

the act of striking a person with a flexible instrument designed for inflicting pain as a form of punishment or discipline

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community service

unpaid work done either as a form of punishment by a criminal or as a voluntary service by a citizen

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incarceration

the act of putting or keeping someone in captivity

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to reprimand

to severely criticize or scold someone for their actions or behaviors

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to detain

to officially hold someone in a place, such as a jail, and not let them go

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to banish

to force someone to leave a country, often as a form of punishment or to keep them away

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to confine

to keep someone or something within limits of different types, such as subject, activity, area, etc.

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to chain

to secure or attach something or someone using a series of connected links

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to execute

to kill someone, especially as a legal penalty

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to electrocute

to execute a criminal by using electricity

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to hang

to kill a person by holding them in the air with a rope tied around their neck

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to deport

to force a foreigner to leave a country, usually because they have broken the law

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