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administer or bestow, as in small portions
dole out some money
the machine dispenses soft drinks
administer critical remarks to everyone present
deal a blow to someone
shell out pocket money for the children
How To Use mete out In A Sentence
- Goodell's action also acknowledges that no matter how the case was handled by the police and other authorities in Georgia, the strong arm of a serious sports commissioner can right some wrongs and mete out very significant, old school-style punishment. Goodell acts for good of game, Roethlisberger
- She said it wouldn't be appropriate to mete out a long custodial sentence even if the suspect is convicted.
- He must be henceforth treated like a moral leper to satisfy our conviction that endless ongoing punishment without mercy is ours to mete out to him forever.
- He felt he had a right to mete out physical punishment to the children.
- Two Rikers Island correction officers pleaded guilty Friday to assault charges in connection with allowing prisoners to mete out enforcement on their behalf to keep order in the cellblocks they were guarding. Correction Officers Plead Guilty in Rikers Assaults
- It gives the government a carte blanche to raid any group at all; and this means they can mete out punishment (even if no prosecutions take place in the form of these investigatory raids and subsequent arrests) to virtually any activists the FBI dislikes, with the threat of sustained prosecution if they "find" anything tying the group by even the flimsiest thread to "terrorism. Michael Schwartz: Unfortunately, Obama Is Expanding the Imperial Presidency
- Schools should not mete out physical punishment to children.
- This includes plans to "hand police, local authorities and the courts sweeping powers to mete out severe punishments to those involved in the unrest," and perhaps even crowd-control tactics like water cannons, according to the AP. Michelle Chen: After the Riots, "Broken" Britain Grows Still More Fractured
- He must be henceforth treated like a moral leper to satisfy our conviction that endless ongoing punishment without mercy is ours to mete out to him forever.
- A constable is the servant of the people, and it is not his place to mete out summary punishment to those whom he decides have failed to accord him the respect he feels he deserves. Ooooh….. I didn’t know that! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG