collective punishment

English

Noun

collective punishment (countable and uncountable, plural collective punishments)

1. A form of punishment whereby a suspected perpetrator's peers are targeted.

   Synonym: group punishment

   • 2023 October 23, Lana Bastašić, “I grew up in Bosnia, amid fear and hatred of Muslims. Now I see Germany’s mistakes over Gaza”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The Israeli army claims that its offensive, now being stepped up is a “war on terror”; UN experts say it amounts to collective punishment.

Related terms

• collective responsibility
• collective guilt

See also

• Sippenhaft

References

• “collective punishment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.