To chastise or punish someone for wrongdoing or bad behavior; used colloquially with similar meaning to 懲らしめる.
先生は授業中にふざけていた生徒を懲らした。
The teacher punished the student who was fooling around during class.
いたずらを繰り返す猫を懲らすために、飼い主は対策を考えた。
To discipline the cat that kept misbehaving, the owner thought of measures.
『今度こそ懲らしてやる』と彼は口にした。
"This time I'll make him pay," he said (threatening to chastise/punish).