avoid punishment

What would he do to avoid discovery or punishment if found out?

People would want to know why so many criminals are avoiding punishment.

It was just something she'd said, desperate to avoid punishment.

Later they had to pay a huge amount of tribute to avoid collective punishment.

He is then forced to leave his home town to avoid false punishment.

When pressed, they see little point in this except to avoid punishment.

To avoid punishment, he became an informant of the service.

To avoid punishment he is said to have taken poison.

He's willing to play along in order to avoid punishment.

Studies show that the principal reason people lie is to avoid punishment.