Verb
To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience.
To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death.
To injure, as by beating; to pommel.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. Albert Einstein
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. Oscar Wilde
Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. Ambrose Bierce
God wanted to punish mankind, so he created lawyers. Russian Proverb
Who does not punish evil, invites it. German Proverb
When God wants to punish an idiot, He teaches them a few words of Hebrew. Yiddish Proverb