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Definition of Punished
1. Adjective. Subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience).
Definition of Punished
1. Verb. (past of ''punish'') ¹
2. Adjective. That has been the object of punishment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Punished
1. punish [v] - See also: punish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punished
Literary usage of Punished
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, Walter Morris Hart (1917)
"APPENDIX C FRATRICIDE punished MOST of our information respecting the ...
The following facts bear upon the relations of Fratricide punished to our Hamlet. ..."
2. Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (1895)
"... and the owner punished according to the act of common- council, and that the
dogs be killed by the dog-killers appointed for that purpose. ..."
3. The Suppression of the African Slave-trade to the United States of America by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1904)
"The Second Question: How shall Violations be punished? The next point in importance
was that of the punishment of offenders. The half-dozen specific ..."
4. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1875)
"How is the offence of pretended prophecy punished by statute б Eliz. c. 15? 149.
... What is smuggling ; and how is it punished by statute 19 Geo. II. c. ..."
5. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1860)
"How is breach of prison by the offender himself punished by the statute de ...
What is theft-bole, and how is it punished ; and what is enacted by statute ..."