Examples of 'collective punishment' in a sentence

Meaning of "collective punishment"

Collective punishment refers to a punishment imposed on a group of individuals for the actions of one or a few members of the group. It is often used as a means of discouraging future misconduct within the group by holding everyone accountable
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  • A form of punishment whereby a suspected perpetrator's peers are targeted.

How to use "collective punishment" in a sentence

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Germany also applied collective punishment elsewhere.
Collective punishment can work both ways.
The imposition of collective punishment is a war crime.
House demolition is considered a form of collective punishment.
Another form of collective punishment is house arrests.
They shall be beheaded tomorrow as collective punishment.
The policy of collective punishment had failed.
Critics have called it a form of collective punishment.
Collective punishment could itself be viewed as a form of terrorism.
The security forces resort to collective punishment.
The use of collective punishment was outlawed by international law.
Nothing can justify acts of collective punishment.
Collective punishment was also a widespread practice.
Palestinians say they amount to collective punishment.
Collective punishment is still a war crime.

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And this was more than collective punishment.
Collective punishment is a serious violation of international humanitarian law.
Demonstrators and demolishing homes as collective punishment.
Itís straight from collective punishment to mass slaughter.
Collective punishment must also be avoided.
The blockade is not just collective punishment.
They are collective punishment for the misdeeds of an individual.
Have they forgotten the collective punishment.
This collective punishment can take different forms.
From above there is only collective punishment or reward.
This collective punishment is illegal under international law.
This was an unjust collective punishment.
Collective punishment violates international law.
The policy of collective punishment continues.
Collective punishment policies must end.
Then comes the collective punishment.
Collective punishment is also used.
They must therefore be seen as a form of collective punishment.
It is considered collective punishment for the entire family.
Being destroyed or appropriated as a form of collective punishment.
Such collective punishment was a contributing factor to the recent violence.
The residents condemned the curfew as collective punishment.
The collective punishment was extended to the rest of the population.
This closure amounts to collective punishment.
The method of collective punishment so far has proved effective.
The consequence of individual crimes should be collective punishment.
It amounts to collective punishment and is contrary to international humanitarian law.
That government practices what is known as collective punishment.
Thus collective punishment is illegal.
Palestinians call the partial blockage collective punishment.
This is a form of collective punishment which violates international law.
Critics say it amounts to collective punishment.
Collective punishment should be avoided.
Of course all war is collective punishment.
This kind of collective punishment is illegal under international law.

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