NichiDict

懲らしめる

こらしめる
懲しめる
[korashimeru]

Meanings

1.IchidanTransitive

to chastise; to punish; to discipline

Examples

父がいたずらっ子を懲らしめた

The father disciplined his mischievous son.

先生が問題児を厳しく懲らしめている

The teacher is strictly disciplining the problem student.

時代劇の主人公が最後に悪代官を懲らしめる

The hero of a period drama punishes the corrupt magistrate at the end.