Usage Note
bestrafen means to punish, from Strafe (punishment). The offence takes fuer or wegen: jemanden fuer eine Tat bestrafen. It is regular: bestrafte, bestraft. In sport a foul may be mit einem Elfmeter bestraft (punished with a penalty).
Examples
"Das Gesetz bestraft solche Taten mit Haft."
Natural Translation
The law punishes such acts with imprisonment.
Literal Translation
The law punishes such deeds with custody.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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