Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of penalizing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of punishing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
punishing ;punishment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of punishing
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Examples
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"Clearly there was a 'penalization' in our study, and that's reflected in the high periprocedural MACE rate.
theHeart.org 2008
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One such person is Journalism professor Moraima Guanipa, who comments on Twitter that the bill is a [es] “new attempt to establish censorship and self-censorship through the penalization of journalistic work.”
Global Voices in English » Venezuela: The Proposed Media Crimes Law 2009
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First, the carbon capping scheme punishes energy users – both commercial and private – by forcing the utility companies to immediately ramp up pricing to carry their businesses through the penalization phase that precedes the greening phase.
Environmental Defense Fund: How Capping Carbon Will Create Jobs and Lift the Economy 2009
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But it is notable that the penalization of this urban encroachment is not applied to everyone with the same severity.
Yoani Sanchez: Cuban State Penalizes Private Businesses For What It Does Itself With Impunity Yoani Sanchez 2011
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Because health care costs due to penalization by the Government to the industry is causing costs to skyrocket so more people, especially veterans can't afford it.
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The penalization of emigration, then, remains in place.
Yoani Sanchez: Cuba Allows Car Sales: Cars Over 15 Years Old for Us, Newer Cars Only for the Party Faithful Yoani Sanchez 2011
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The penalization of emigration, then, remains in place.
Yoani Sanchez: Cuba Allows Car Sales: Cars Over 15 Years Old for Us, Newer Cars Only for the Party Faithful Yoani Sanchez 2011
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The penalization of emigration, then, remains in place.
Yoani Sanchez: Cuba Allows Car Sales: Cars Over 15 Years Old for Us, Newer Cars Only for the Party Faithful Yoani Sanchez 2011
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It jumps out at you that there is clearly a limit in terms of topics, because never in all this time have they touched on hot button issues such as the travel restrictions, the lack of freedom of expression, the penalization of those who think differently, the political prisoners, the demand for direct election of the president, or the need for a press less intertwined with the apparatus of governance.
Yoani Sanchez: A "Letters to the Editor" Feature That Mocks Free Speech 2010
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It jumps out at you that there is clearly a limit in terms of topics, because never in all this time have they touched on hot button issues such as the travel restrictions, the lack of freedom of expression, the penalization of those who think differently, the political prisoners, the demand for direct election of the president, or the need for a press less intertwined with the apparatus of governance.
Yoani Sanchez: A "Letters to the Editor" Feature That Mocks Free Speech 2010
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