p 3 u 1 n 1 i 1 s 1 h 4
6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
originFrom Middle English punischen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French puniss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of punir, from Latin puniō (“to inflict punishment upon”), from poena (“punishment, penalty”); see pain. Displaced Old English wītnian and (mostly, in this sense) wrecan.
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