Give the silent treatment, say (6)

I believe the answer is:

punish

(Other definitions for punish that I've seen before include "Possibly fine" , "Sentence" , "Flog" , "Castigate" , "Like wordplay in speech" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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