The Qing courts of the 19th century would often mete out punishment using Bastinade – the whipping, flogging or paddling of a convict – or would sometimes use the measure to get a confession.

19世纪的清宫常常用棍棒给与惩罚鞭打犯人，有时甚至用这种方法使犯人招认。

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If the advertising agents run false advertisements, the consumers may request administrative departments to mete out punishment.

广告的经营者发布虚假广告的，消费者可以请求行政主管部门予以惩处。

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Zheng Junfang, Alibaba's chief platform governance officer, said: "We want to mete out to counterfeiters the punishment they deserve in order to protect brand owners."

阿里巴巴首席平台治理官郑俊芳称，“为了保护品牌所有者，我们想对售假者予以他们应当承受的惩罚。

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In the end, the West must be prepared to stand up to the Kremlin's menacing bluster and mete out appropriate punishment to the Serbs for their genocidal aggression, or face much more of both.

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Mrs Clinton, however, emerges as a political colossus compared with the punishment the authors mete out to Mrs Palin and Mr Edwards.

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Then the best punishment I can mete out is for them to go and spend several weeks cleaning out public toilets and sewers.

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