threat of punishment
Example Sentences
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Fifty-seven respondents said staff didn’t comply with mask mandates, even when prisoners were made to mask constantly under threat of punishment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023
The presiding judge for King County Drug Court, Mary Roberts, said the threat of punishment is a motivator to at least try the program.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2023
A former inmate himself, Mr. Prigozhin, understood prison culture, skillfully combining a threat of punishment with a promise of a new, dignified life, according to rights activists and families.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2023
It does seem to suggest that the threat of punishment is limiting pitcher advantage over hitters — which, one could assume, meant those substances were giving pitchers that advantage in the first place.
From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2021
The threat of punishment and the promise of reward are the psychologic means to secure the fulfilment of laws, never the reasons for the laws, nor the motives to action.
From Judaism by Abrahams, Israel
