Punish and Question

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

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

Question verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.

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Punish and question are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Punish" instead a verb "Question".

person	punish person	question person
humanity	punish humanity	question humanity
character	punish character	question character
man	punish man	question man
Other words: woman, people, someone, way, characters, mother.

Velvet had single-handedly rendered their victory in a war pointless, and the general threatened to call his leadership into question if he did not punish her.

Source: Offing the Offspring
In this case, the government in question is waging a propaganda war against Harry, and is twisting the law in order to punish him as much as possible and make him look like a delinquent.

Source: Crime of Self-Defense
Captain Hisashi Kurokawa orders his XO to question Kaufman about it and punish him if the prisoner withheld information.

Source: You Didn't Ask aka: You Never Asked

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