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Meanings of inflict punishment in English

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Usage of inflict punishment in English
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Let us inflict punishment, since we are history: old Blücher disgraced himself.
Les Misérables
2
The enemy tried to inflict punishment upon us in every way he could.
Trials and Triumphs of Faith
3
Why should he inflict punishment on cattle for something their owners had done?
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I / Including His Answe...
4
The mother tries to catch one or more of the children to inflict punishment.
Entertainments for Home, Church and School
5
On one occasion Hunyady had to inflict punishment on him.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 / The Later Ren...
6
As his sight is short, he will sometimes so inflict punishment on unoffending bushes.
The Land of Footprints
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He simply desired that his son should recognize his father's power to inflict punishment.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
8
The consuls advanced to take their seats, and the lictors were despatched to inflict punishment.
Roman History, Books I-III
9
But the consistory could not itself inflict punishment; that was the province of the civil government.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor...
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Their will to inflict punishment began to falter.
The new yorker
11
He should never inflict punishment without careful enquiry.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
12
She should never be permitted to inflict punishment on these occasions, or, indeed, on any occasion.
The Book of Household Management
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First inflict punishment on you for denyin' Miss Gracie Sheraton pretties' girl whole C'fedrate States America.
The Way of a Man
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It was with respect to an Irish drummer, who was employed to inflict punishment upon a soldier.
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — ...
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In this way God is feared by man, inasmuch as He can inflict punishment, spiritual or corporal.
Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
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For when your men get sulky, you watch vigilantly for the first and faintest EXCUSE to inflict punishment.
The Land of Footprints
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