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punished

/ˈpʌnɪʃt/ adjective B1
  1. That has been the object of punishment.
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“I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 12 · B2
I suppose you’ll be saying next thing that she oughtn’t to be punished at all!”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 71 · C1
“I reckon she ought to be punished a little.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 71 · C1
I’m a dreadfully wicked and ungrateful girl, and I deserve to be punished and cast out by respectable people forever.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 75 · C1

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