Please don't punish me with another pun.
It is the court's decision of just how to punish the perpetrators of this heinous act of vandalism.
He vowed to punish Frank.
The teacher used mild admonishment to punish the misbehaving student.
We will punish those responsible.Why must you punish me?
The vociferation over the alleged abuse of the kitten caused the council to punish the culprit.
I coveted my brothers shoes and was punished by doing chores for taking them without asking.
I think the sentence referred to in this question is "All you could do . . . value of 60p." Here, the word "do" is a kind of slang for "prosecute" or "punish". The word "all" stands for "the most", or "the only". "do" stands for "prosecute" or "punish". So it means "The most you could punish them for would be for stealing 60p worth of electricity".
It would be unwise to punish the swine for having seen the fox's henhouse raid. The swine are out in the corn field again!
God punish him.
Death sentence. By electric chair or a hanging.
Punish, meaning to subject to penalty for wrongdoing, is synonymous with the words chastise, discipline, reprove, penalize, sentence, and bring to account.
accuse, blame, convict, punish, sentence
Sure! For example, "That attempt was so despicable, there is no way I couldn't punish you."