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• revenge, retaliate, avenge go
  take revenge for a perceived wrong
  
• tar-and-feather go
  smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers
  
• execute, put to death go
  kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
  
• pillory go
  punish by putting in a pillory
  
• castigate go
  inflict severe punishment on
  
• amerce go
  punish with an arbitrary penalty
  
• victimize, victimise go
  punish unjustly
  
• scourge go
  punish severely
  
• discipline, correct, sort out go
  punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience