Mispunish

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To punish inappropriately; to give the wrong amount or type of punishment, or to punish someone for an offense they did not commit.

    "Multiple punitive damages are likely to mispunish defendants."

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"Multiple punitive damages are likely to mispunish defendants."

Etymology

From mis- + punish.

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