to mete out punishment to sb
21mete — 1. verb /miːt/ a) To measure. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. b) To dispense, measure (out), allot ( …
22mete something out — dispense or allot justice, punishment, etc. → mete …
23mete — 1. v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by out) literary apportion or allot (a punishment or reward). 2 poet. or Bibl. measure. Phrases and idioms: mete wand (or yard) a standard of estimation. Etymology: OE metan f. Gmc., rel. to MEET(1) 2. n. a boundary or… …
24ˌmete sth ˈout — phrasal verb formal to give a punishment to someone …
25DIVINE PUNISHMENT — In a system of law based on divine revelation all punishment originally and ultimately derives from God. Even though human agencies may be entrusted with authority to inflict punishments in certain prescribed cases, God s own overriding punishing …
26CAMPS — (Concentration and Extermination). The English language term concentration camp is commonly used to describe a wide number of places of internment created by Nazi Germany, which served a variety of functions and were called by different names:… …
27Centurion — For other uses, see Centurion (disambiguation). A historical reenactor in Roman centurion costume. Note the transverse crest on the Galea (helmet). It is believed that historically this may have indicated the wearer s rank. A centurion (Latin:… …
28National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations — The National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO) is a common platform of various groups and individuals committed to the cause of human rights in India. Contents 1 Encounter killings 2 Resolutions 3 NCHRO’s call for vigilant… …
29Parricide — (Latin parricida , killer of a close relative) stemming from (Latin parri , alike or equal, and cida , cide, or killer) is defined as: #the act of murdering one s father (patricide), mother (matricide), or other close relative #the act of… …
30Pollsmoor Prison — Pollsmoor Prison, officially, Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison is a prison in the Cape Town suburb of Tokai in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was the most famous inmate of the prison. He describes in his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom , as… …
