It is the business of the police to prevent and detect crime and of the law courts to punish crime. 防止及偵察犯罪是警察的職務而懲罰犯罪是法庭的職責。
She begs them not to punish her son severely. 她懇求他們不要給他兒子太重的處罰。
The most tolerable sort of revenge, is for those wrongs which there is no law to remedy; but then let a man take heed, the revenge be such as there is no law to punish; else a man's enemy is still before hand, and it is two for one. 最可原諒的一類報復是針對那些沒有法律懲治的罪行而施行的報復，但此時報復者須當心，得讓自己的報復行為也因沒法懲治而逍遙法外，不然報復者的仇敵依然佔便宜，因為受傷害的比例是二比一。
The teacher came storming into the classroom determined to punish the naughty children. 老師氣沖沖地闖進教室，決意要處罰頑皮的孩子們。
