Vocabulary for IELTS Academic (Band 6-7) - Punishment

a person who is held in a prison or correctional facility

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

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

the killing of a criminal as punishment

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

a device used for carrying out capital punishment by electrocution

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

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

the act of putting or keeping someone in captivity

to severely criticize or scold someone for their actions or behaviors

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

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

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

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

to kill someone, especially as a legal penalty

to execute a criminal by using electricity

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

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