as in to punish
to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime
the player was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct
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Recent Examples of penalize
From fruits and vegetables imported from Latin America to cars from Europe and Japan, expect to be penalized financially for liking foreign goods.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Pospisil was driving to the net and was hauled down by the Ducks’ Radko Gudas, who was penalized for holding.
—Staff and News Service Reports, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a First Amendment case brought by the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, which says it’s being penalized for living out its faith without preaching it.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 31 Mar. 2025
You can be penalized for underpayments.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Pospisil was driving to the net and was hauled down by the Ducks’ Radko Gudas, who was penalized for holding.
—Staff and News Service Reports, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a First Amendment case brought by the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, which says it’s being penalized for living out its faith without preaching it.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 31 Mar. 2025
You can be penalized for underpayments.
—Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for penalize
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“Penalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penalize. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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