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meted

verb as in administer, distribute

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Guards meted out measly portions of beans and tortillas and told the inmates they “would never eat chicken or meat again.”

Now, as the latest punishment meted out to the Trump administration’s preeminent academic scapegoat shows, it’s our own government posing the threat.

The most shocking thing for Jonathan, who had endured six gruelling months living and working underground in an abandoned South African gold mine, was the abuse he witnessed being meted out to children.

From BBC

According to her letter, prior to their deliberations, the committee asked the committee’s legal advisor for “clarity” on the the possible punishments that could be meted out.

Unified’s 74th Street Elementary School, said discipline should not be meted out with a “one-size-fits-all” approach.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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