Prepunish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Prepunish is a verb meaning (transitive) To punish in advance.
Meaning
(transitive) To punish in advance.
Example Sentences
Too many administrators place limits on their users not because of any increase in security that those limits provide, but out of some twisted desire to prepunish users for potential transgressions, in the hope that this will cow them into more quiescent obedience to the rules.
Word Forms
- prepunishes
- prepunishing
- prepunished
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include punish, outpunish, forecondemn, foredispose, preconsume, prestretch.
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