No. 4,303 in Swedish
straffa
"Straffa" means "to punish" in English.
In a sentence
Domaren beslutade att straffa spelaren för osportsligt beteende.
The referee decided to penalize the player for unsportsmanlike behavior.
Here, 'straffa' is used in a formal sense to describe the action of penalizing or administering consequences for breaching sportsmanship rules.
Föräldrarna insisterade på att inte straffa barnet för sitt misstag.
The parents insisted on not punishing the child for their mistake.
In this sentence, 'straffa' is used to denote disciplining or punishing a child for an error or wrongdoing.
Samhället behöver bättre sätt att rehabilitera istället för att bara straffa brottslingar.
Society needs better ways to rehabilitate instead of just punishing criminals.
Here, 'straffa' conveys the idea of imposing judicial punitive measures on offenders, emphasizing the need for alternative methods like rehabilitation.
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