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penalize

[ peen-l-ahyz, pen- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing.

penalize

/ ˈpiːnəˌlaɪz /

penal·iza·ble adjective
penal·i·zation noun
non·penal·ized adjective
over·penal·i·zation noun
over·penal·ize verb (used with object) overpenalized overpenalizing
re·penal·ize verb (used with object) repenalized repenalizing
un·penal·ized adjective

First recorded in 1865–70; penal + -ize

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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