desertsde‧serts /dɪˈzɜːts $ -ˈzɜːrts/ noun 
Offenders should receive their just deserts.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Now the rich and the proud would get their just deserts.
Longman Language Activatorto deserve something bad
if you think that someone deserves something bad that happens to them, you think it is fair that it happens because they have done something wrong or stupid: deserve to do something: · Anyone who drives like that deserves to lose their licence.deserve it (=deserve the bad things that happen): · "You really weren't very nice to her." "Well, she deserved it!"get what you deserve (=when something bad happens to you and you deserve it): · He was a bully, and in the end he got what he deserved.
spoken use this to say you think someone deserves something bad that happens to them because they have been unkind or done something stupid: serve sb right for: · "I feel terrible." "Serves you right for drinking so much last night."it serves somebody right: · It'd serve him right if Jo walked out on him.
especially spoken use this when you think someone deserves a punishment or bad experience, because it is a result of their own actions: · "Do you feel sorry for him?'' "No, he shouldn't have hit that guy -- he got what he deserved.''
spoken say this when something bad happens to someone and you think they deserve it because their behaviour made it very likely to happen: · Anyone who invites a complete stranger into their house is asking for it.
spoken use this to say you think someone deserves something bad that happens to them, and this is what you expected to happen: · I don't feel sorry for her at all. She had it coming.had it coming to you/her etc: · "Terry's very upset about his wife leaving him." "Well he's had it coming to him for years."
to finally get the punishment or something bad that you deserve because of the way you have behaved: · The evil Mr Grove gets his comeuppance at the end of the story.· She's callous and snobbish and it's time she got her comeuppance.
to finally get the punishment you deserve, especially after having avoided it for a long time: · Tobin finally got his just deserts, and was sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment.· This is a movie in which everyone gets their just deserts in the end.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I hope that he’s caught and gets his just deserts (=is punished in the way he deserves).
I hope that he’s caught and gets his just deserts (=is punished in the way he deserves).PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
get/receive your (just) deserts to be punished in a way that you deserve: - Even a low-cal concoction can make us feel that we're getting our just deserts.
- From Llewelyn he would get his deserts, and be grateful for them.
- He was not a spiteful man, but he had enjoyed the sight of Spatz getting his deserts.
- Now the rich and the proud would get their just deserts.
Offenders should receive their just deserts.