heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
to put to death (e.g. a sinner, traitor, etc.); to punish someone with death
putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty
eradication of sinful people; smiting of the wicked
oppressive exaction (of taxes, etc.)
exaction of heavy taxes; imposing oppressive taxes
execution of an offender's entire family as a deterrent to others (predominantly in Chinese history)