threat of punishment
Example Sentences
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Fifty-seven respondents said staff didn’t comply with mask mandates, even when prisoners were made to mask constantly under threat of punishment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023
A former inmate himself, Mr. Prigozhin, understood prison culture, skillfully combining a threat of punishment with a promise of a new, dignified life, according to rights activists and families.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2023
Let’s call for the divulgence of those accounts immediately under serious threat of punishment for anyone aiding their subterfuge.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022
The district offers a bold example of how local authorities across drought-stricken California are trying to get people to use less water, voluntarily if possible but with the threat of punishment if they don’t comply.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2022
Therefore a threat of punishment should have been included in each, and not only in the first and second.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
