Definitions
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penalize .
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- verb British Alternative spelling of
penalize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bloomberg reports AT&T, Verizon to "penalise" Reach quitters
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Victoria says the Commonwealth is threatening to "penalise" sick Australians if the states and territories refuse to support its health care overhaul.
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The professor insisted that the carbon monoxide test is not designed to "penalise" women who smoke, but to show them how smoking and passive smoking raise their levels of the gas.
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The Liberal Democrat leader claimed the First Minister was trying to "penalise" Scottish voters by preventing the broadcast of Thursday's BBC One debate to viewers north of the Border.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The councillor responsible for implementing the trial said road pricing could "penalise" motorists.
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Regular tournament players would have all manner of gadgets to show spade support together with short clubs, or long hearts, or whatever – a double in this auction usually shows a desire to penalise a minor suit.
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“But you should penalise father, too,” interpose Beth.
The God's Domain 2010
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Pissarides, a globally renowned expert in the jobs market who received his Nobel prize in Stockholm last Monday, is urging George Osborne to avoid the temptation to penalise the jobless.
UK's Nobel economics laureate Christopher Pissarides warns chancellor: don't axe jobless benefits Andrew Clark 2010
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It would take time to establish, would penalise banks not exposed in Greece, would exempt non-eurozone banks lending to Greece, and would run into political opposition in national legislatures.
Merkel and Sarkozy thrash out last-minute compromise over Greece 2011
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The childcare cut, we said, "would penalise low-income working mothers who are doing the right thing and whom government should be doing most to protect".
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