mirror punishment

Etymology
Possibly a calque translation of or German

Noun

 * 1) A form of punishment that reflects the nature of the transgression that it punishes.
 *  Mirror punishments are often justified by the Biblical phrase 'an eye for an eye'.
 * The Sharia (Islamic penal code) rule of amputating a thief's stealing hand is a bloody mirror punishment.

Translations

 * Dutch: spiegelstraf