penalize
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.
Origin of penalize
1- Also especially British, pe·nal·ise .
Other words from penalize
- 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), o·ver·pe·nal·ized, o·ver·pe·nal·iz·ing.
- re·pe·nal·ize, verb (used with object), re·pe·nal·ized, re·pe·nal·iz·ing.
- un·pe·nal·ized, adjective
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How to use penalize in a sentence
NFL fines, strips Raiders of draft pick, also penalizes Steelers for coronavirus violations11.
NFL Week 10 power rankings: Saints move up on the heels of the Steelers and Chiefs | Mark Maske | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostOne day, it seems that one kind of behavior is perfectly fine, while the next Google will penalize it because they’ve implemented algorithm changes.
Does changing your business phone number affect SEO? | Emma Worden | November 3, 2020 | Search Engine WatchA hospital will be penalized if its readmission rate is higher than expected given the national trends in any one of those categories.
Medicare will fine half of U.S. hospitals for readmitting too many patients pre-COVID | lbelanger225 | November 2, 2020 | FortuneThe agency unveiled a legislative proposal in June that could potentially penalize tech giants for a wide array of content-moderation missteps — including instances in which they exhibit political bias.
Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs clash with Congress in pre-election showdown | Tony Romm, Rachel Lerman, Cat Zakrzewski, Heather Kelly, Elizabeth Dwoskin | October 28, 2020 | Washington PostIt would also “tax innovation” in the sense that it might penalize business models that are legitimately more productive with less human labor.
It’s time to rethink the legal treatment of robots | Emily Luong | October 22, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
At present the only public recognition of the alcoholic is manifested through some form of penalization.
Habits that Handicap | Charles B. TownsIt will mean the penalization of real worth and the endowment of inferiority and incompetence.
Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill JohnsonHence the crudely ineffective idea of penalization as a preventive.
Habits that Handicap | Charles B. Towns
British Dictionary definitions for penalize
penalise
/ (ˈpiːnəˌlaɪz) /
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 of penalize
- penalization or penalisation, noun
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