[Vocabulary] To mete out a punishment

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Chocobosandwich

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In the phrase "to mete out death as a punishment," does it mean to measure the extent of the crime and give death as a proper punishment?
 

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In the phrase "to mete out death as a punishment," does it mean to measure the extent of the crime and give death as a proper punishment?

According to Cambridge dictionary:

to give or order a punishment or make someone receive cruel or unfair treatment Victorian schoolteachers regularly meted out physical punishment to their pupils.
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Neither a teacher nor a native speaker
 
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