"mirror punishment" meaning in English

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          "text": "Mirror punishments are often justified by the Biblical phrase 'an eye for an eye'."
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          "text": "The Sharia (Islamic penal code) rule of amputating a thief's stealing hand is a bloody mirror punishment."
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          "sense": "punishment",
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  "word": "mirror punishment"
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          "text": "The Sharia (Islamic penal code) rule of amputating a thief's stealing hand is a bloody mirror punishment."
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