Law enforcement personnel, however, reported difficulties with securing adequate punishments against offenders.

The KHL disciplinary committee met for seven hours on Sunday to study the incident and to come up with adequate punishment.

Critics say reconciliation will be hard to achieve without adequate punishment first.

I cannot think of any punishment adequate to your crime, but I shall.

There's no adequate punishment for the people who did this, no matter what they do to them.

To create public opinion against the anti-social elements and social delinquents, and to give adequate punishment to anti-socials.

For failing to provide even the most basic legal standard of care there can be only one adequate punishment - instant dismissal.

Surely there must be a hell, for in no less place could it be possible for you to receive punishment adequate to your crimes.

Most people believe that impeachment by the House was adequate punishment for Mr. Clinton.

"If these cases become an endurance contest for our legal system's survival, then maybe life imprisonment without ever getting out would be an adequate ultimate punishment."