penalise

penalise
verb
impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
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The students were penalized for showing up late for class

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we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again

Syn: ↑punish, ↑penalize
Derivationally related forms: ↑penalisation, ↑penalty, ↑penalization (for: ↑penalize), ↑punitive (for: ↑punish), ↑punitory (for: ↑punish), ↑punishment (for: ↑punish)
Hyponyms:
Entailment: ↑estimate, ↑gauge, ↑approximate, ↑guess, ↑judge
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody


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  • penalise — British variant of penalize …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • penalising — penalise (Brit.) v. punish, give a penalty; (Law) declare something or an action punishable by regulation or by a law (also penalize) …   English contemporary dictionary

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