punisher

transitive verb

1. to cause to undergo pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or wrongdoing
2. to impose a penalty on a wrongdoer for (an offense)
3. to treat harshly or injuriously: the punishing rays of the sun
4. Informal to consume or use up

Origin: ME punischen < extended stem of OFr punir < L punire, to punish < poena, punishment, penalty: see penal

intransitive verb