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I read this in my newspaper today; is it wrong?...

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Sean Penn plays an ex-convict who swears to avenge his daughter's killer.

I thought he'd avenge her death.
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It's OK in my books. Alternative usage:

On behalf of his daughter, he's going to inflict retribution on his daughter's killer.

:D

Psst. Everything you read in the newspaper is true, you know. :D
 
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Not in British newspapers. I'd onlt trust the essentials here- football scores, mostly. ;-)
 
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He could avenge his daughter's killing perhaps, but certainly not her killer.

Perhaps:
  • He swears revenge on his daughter's kller.

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