A crime , administrative punishments shall be meted out .

不构成犯罪的，应当依法给予行政处罚。

Justice was meted out to them .

他们受到了公平的赏罚。

How to define a behavior that deserves punishment meted out by a court of law ?

就一项违法行为是否应或宜处以刑罚？

That the latter had preternatural powers to do harm no one doubted ; hence the severe punishment meted out to them .

后者有超自然的力量做伤害任何人怀疑，因此入狱的严重惩罚他们。

He thundered the punishment meted out to them .

他大吼着报出给予他们的惩罚。