Join and Punish

Join

Join verb - To be adjacent to.

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Punish and join are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Punish" instead a verb "Join".

Nearby Words: joined, joining

Punish verb - To inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime.

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Join and punish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Join" instead a verb "Punish".

party	join party	punish party
family	join family	punish family
world	join world	punish world
brother	join brother	punish brother
Other words: soldier, player, rebels, heroes.

Dumbledore infers that Voldemort only let Draco join the Death Eaters to punish Draco's father's failures.

Source: Big Bad Wannabe
But when she refused to join them, Ouken Yamato took offense and intended to punish her by making her one of his mistresses and would've raped her, had Yuuka not taken her place.

Source: Does Not Like Men
But when she refused to join them, Ouken Yamato thought she was being prideful and decided to punish her by taking her as one of his mistresses.

Source: Rape as Backstory

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