Hammer
Punish
Punish verb - To inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime.
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Coover Bennett lacks the criminal smarts of his mother and brothers and makes so many blunders that his mother decides to punish him by breaking his hand with a hammer.
Source: Series / Justified - When the FBI comes calling, said social worker decides to punish Peter by releasing all his animals and murdering Peter's horse with a hammer.
Source: Disabled Means Helpless -
In Chile, a hairstylist named Jeannette Hernandez killing one of her two kids and seriously injuring the other with a hammer... to "punish" her husband (who also was her Victorious Childhood Friend until then) over a supposed infidelity.
Source: Offing the Offspring
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