Bestraffas

Bestraffas is a Swedish verb form that denotes the act of being punished. It is the present passive form of bestraffa (to punish) and is used to describe penalties imposed on someone for violations of laws, rules, or norms. The construction is common in legal, administrative, and educational contexts, where the actor who imposes the sanction may be known or left unspecified.

Grammatically, bestraffas expresses an ongoing or general situation in which the subject is subjected to punishment. The agent can be introduced with av, for example: den som bryter mot reglerna bestraffas av myndigheterna. The corresponding tense forms include bestraffades (past passive) and har bestraffats (present perfect passive).

Usage notes and contexts: Bestraffas is often used in policy descriptions, judicial language, and school or organizational regulations to indicate potential or actual sanctions without focusing on who administers them. It emphasizes the consequence rather than the actor. In active voice, the equivalent is bestraffar or straffar, depending on nuance.

Etymology and related terms: The form derives from bestraffa, with the prefix be- added to the root straffa (to punish). Related terms include straff (punishment), straffa (to punish, in active voice), and sanktion (sanction). The term is neutral in tone but commonly appears in normative or disciplinary writing.

See also: straff, straffmyndighet, sanktion, rättsprocess, disciplinär åtgärd.