to penalize
60
5.5
- verb
- /ˈpiːnəlaɪz/
- US
:
penalizar
- Suppliers who do not meet the terms of the SLA can be penalized by compensation payments or service charges.
- penalize a country
- penalize a company
- penalize an institution
They were saying we weren't penalizing Asian students.
- They were saying we weren't penalizing Asian students.
- But my ex-wife won't be penalised for stopping me seeing my kids.
- You also get penalized for the entire group's behaviour.
- It penalises white people and doesn't penalise non white people for certain things that they say.
- China's doing it because they want to penalize citizens.
- I began to realize that I was being penalized because I have a uterus.
- You want them to stop the thing they're doing, so you penalize them, right?
- But when we found out that Facebook penalized you for causing people to leave the app.
- And if you submit bills for things that you can't justify, then you get penalized.
- And this afterlife had this system that would either penalize or or reward you for your behaviors.
- When you see the guys running and they're knocking over all the hurdles, they're being penalized for that.
Examples
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In general, these policies have tended to penalize lowland agriculture in favor of the industrial sector.
Academic text (1996) -
You see, Mr. Cranston, we penalize companies $200 a day for filing late.
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You wanna penalize us for building a winning football program?
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Third, the government pledged not to penalize students for radical words and actions.
Academic text (1992) -
China's doing it because they want to penalize citizens.
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I mean, how can I be penalized for making a little money this month?
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For many years, the government's foreign exchange and trade policies severely penalized the wildlife sector.
Academic text (1996) -
Firms were assigned export targets and were penalized if they fell short of these targets.
Academic text (1991) -
Traffickers must be penalized rather than those who are victimized by them.
Academic text (2008) -
Schools may penalize students who break the attendance policy by lowering their grades.
Synonyms
821
1.0
Make someone suffer for doing something wrong
107
3.4
Make someone pay money as punishment for breaking a law or rule
65
7.7
To scold or punish someone to improve their behavior
49
5.6
To officially say someone must be punished for a crime
47
3.4
To punish or train someone so they follow rules
2
8.4
Punish someone strongly for bad behaviour
1
3.8
Officially order someone to pay money as punishment for breaking a rule
Antonyms
How Severe
- Formal
178
4.2
- Specialized
321
6.3
- US
60
5.5
107
3.4
- Formal
33
6.1
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Penalize comes from the Latin word poena which means 'punishment', and it is the same root as penalty. So to penalize someone is to give them a punishment or a disadvantage for breaking a rule.