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penalize
[ peen-l-ahyz, pen- ]
verb (used with object)
- to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- to declare (an action, deed, etc.) punishable by law or rule.
- to put under a disadvantage or handicap.
penalize
/ ˈpiːnəˌlaɪz /
verb
- to impose a penalty on (someone), as for breaking a law or rule
- to inflict a handicap or disadvantage on
- sport to award a free stroke, point, or penalty against (a player or team)
- to declare (an act) legally punishable; make subject to a penalty
Derived Forms
- ˌpenaliˈzation, noun
Other Words From
- penal·iza·ble adjective
- penal·i·zation noun
- non·penal·ized adjective
- over·penal·i·zation noun
- over·penal·ize verb (used with object) overpenalized overpenalizing
- re·penal·ize verb (used with object) repenalized repenalizing
- un·penal·ized adjective
Example Sentences
Major League Baseball actually does not penalize usage in the bigs, but does crack down on minor leaguers.
So when Sotnikova stepped out of her jumping combination, the judges did penalize her.
If we financially penalize good medicine, we cannot expect it to flourish.
Retailers penalize those who block off a lot of time as unavailable by giving them fewer hours.
Barry was also known to penalize friends who wasted precioussmoke ( i.e. not performing TA) by denying them a hit.
This would give compelling effect to distance as a factor, and would tend to penalize the roundabout carriage of goods.
He thinks we are thieves and scoundrels and tearers up of treaties, because we did not penalize ourselves!
“I think it was pretty rough, Mr. Upton, to penalize him for an unintentional foul,” said Morrill.
We penalize ourselves every time we run a train without full tonnage.
The act referred to prohibits slavery, but does not penalize it.
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