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penalisation

World English Dictionary
penalize or penalise (ˈpiːnəˌlaɪz)
 
vb
1.  to impose a penalty on (someone), as for breaking a law or rule
2.  to inflict a handicap or disadvantage on
3.  sport to award a free stroke, point, or penalty against (a player or team)
4.  to declare (an act) legally punishable; make subject to a penalty
 
penalise or penalise
 
vb
 
penali'zation or penalise
 
n
 
penali'sation or penalise
 
n

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Penalisation is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
WordNet
penalisation

noun
the act of punishing [syn: punishment
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