punish

verb4

1. •
   to make someone who broke a rule or a law go through something bad as a result

   • If a prince violates the law, then he must be punished like an ordinary person.
2. •
   (figurative) To treat harshly and unfairly.

   • But each effort that Anna makes —and she has attempted many— meets with obstacles from a welfare bureaucracy that punishes single mothers for initiative and partial economic self-sufficiency. — 1994
3. •
   (informal) To handle or beat severely; to maul.
4. •
   (informal) To consume a large quantity of.

   • A few moments later, we were all sitting around the veranda of the hunters' dining hall, punishing the gin, as usual. — 1970