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penalize
CIDE DICTIONARY
penalize, v. t.
- To make penal. [1913 Webster]
- To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
penalize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 subject (a person) to a penalty or comparative disadvantage.
2 make or declare (an action) penal.
1 subject (a person) to a penalty or comparative disadvantage.
2 make or declare (an action) penal.
Derivative
penalization n.
THESAURUS
penalize
acquit, amerce, anathematize, attaint, blacklist, bring home to, bring to account, bring to book, call to account, castigate, censure, chasten, chastise, condemn, convict, correct, damn, deal with, denounce, denunciate, discipline, doom, excommunicate, find guilty, fine, handicap, inflict upon, judge, masthead, mulct, pass sentence, pass sentence on, pillory, pronounce judgment, pronounce sentence, proscribe, punish, sentence, settle with, square accounts, take to task, visit uponFor further exploring for "penalize" in Webster Dictionary Online
