as in vigilantes
one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense
a father who regrets the fact that he always ends up being the household's disciplinarian and resident punisher
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For a storyteller whose works revolve around complicated or slippery romances, life-altering revelations, and fateful everyday encounters, the brutality of the mafia and New York City street vigilantes feels far removed from her own.
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He is occasionally asked to comment on acts of public violence, compelled to defend the many vigilantes who have appeared in his wake.
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Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeton are workplace nemeses who serve as executive assistants to co-CEOs of a publishing company.
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The actors played each other's nemeses in the comedy series created by and starring Seth Rogen.
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“Punishers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punishers. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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