corporal punishment
noun
: punishment that involves hitting someone : physical punishment
The school banned corporal punishment many years ago.
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Both children were subjected to strict corporal punishment, prosecutors said.
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2024
West’s mother was a demanding perfectionist, and his father, although a gregarious, outgoing man, had a short fuse and was a firm believer in corporal punishment.
—Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Eventually amassing more than 1,000 followers, Dederich began controlling people's behavior, forcing vasectomies, abortions and divorces, encouraging women to shave their heads and promoting corporal punishment and violence.
—Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Yet sadly, when one’s entire career is built on such an efficient way of offing another who is (or isn’t) guilty, and that disappears, other forms of corporal punishment don’t satisfy in the same way.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2024
West’s mother was a demanding perfectionist, and his father, although a gregarious, outgoing man, had a short fuse and was a firm believer in corporal punishment.
—Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Eventually amassing more than 1,000 followers, Dederich began controlling people's behavior, forcing vasectomies, abortions and divorces, encouraging women to shave their heads and promoting corporal punishment and violence.
—Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Yet sadly, when one’s entire career is built on such an efficient way of offing another who is (or isn’t) guilty, and that disappears, other forms of corporal punishment don’t satisfy in the same way.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Corporal punishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corporal%20punishment. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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