penalize

penalize
Synonyms and related words:
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 upon

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  • penalize — penalize, fine, amerce, mulct mean to punish by depriving of something. Penalize usually presupposes a violation of laws or rules intended to maintain discipline or fair treatment for all; it implies exaction by an authority of a pecuniary… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • penalize — UK US /ˈpiːnəlaɪz/ verb [T] ► to treat someone or something in a way that gives them a disadvantage: »The current tax system penalizes people on low incomes. »The stock was penalized because Wall Street believed the company s financials would… …   Financial and business terms

  • penalize — I verb amerce, avenge, bring to account, call to account, carry out a sentence, castigate, chastise, confiscate, correct, discipline, exact a penalty, exact retribution, execute a sentence, execute judgment, fine, forfeit, harm, hurt, impose a… …   Law dictionary

  • Penalize — Pe nal*ize, v. t. 1. To make penal. [1913 Webster] 2. (Sport.) To put a penalty on. See {Penalty}, 3. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • penalize — formed in English 1868 from PENAL (Cf. penal) + IZE (Cf. ize). Related: Penalized; penalizing …   Etymology dictionary

  • penalize — (Amer.) pe·nal·ize || pɪːnÉ™laɪz v. punish, give a penalty; (Law) declare something or an action punishable by regulation or by a law (also penalise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • penalize — [v] punish amerce, castigate, chasten, chastise, condemn, correct, discipline, dock*, fine, handicap, hit with*, impose penalty, inflict handicap, judge, mulct, put at disadvantage, scold, slap with*, throw the book at*; concept 122 Ant. excuse,… …   New thesaurus

  • penalize — (also penalise) ► VERB 1) subject to a penalty or punishment. 2) Law make (an action) legally punishable. 3) put in an unfavourable position. DERIVATIVES penalization noun …   English terms dictionary

  • penalize — [pē′nə līz΄, pen′əlīz΄] vt. penalized, penalizing 1. to make punishable; set a penalty for (an offense, etc.) 2. to impose a penalty on; specif., to subject to a handicap in a contest as penalty for the infraction of a rule 3. to put at a… …   English World dictionary

  • penalize — UK [ˈpiːnəlaɪz] / US [ˈpɪn(ə)lˌaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms penalize : present tense I/you/we/they penalize he/she/it penalizes present participle penalizing past tense penalized past participle penalized 1) to treat someone in an unfair way …   English dictionary

  • penalize — v. (D; tr.) to penalize for * * * [ piːn(ə)laɪz] (D; tr.) to penalize for …   Combinatory dictionary

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