penalize

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(verb.)

ADV

heavily | deliberately

unfairly, wrongly

The referee wrongly penalized the goalkeeper for a handball that never occurred.

financially

PREP

for

The company was penalized for polluting the river with industrial waste.

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verb

1

To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.

Women should not be penalized or forced out of the workplace simply because they become pregnant. UPS, in fact, has come around to that position. It now offers light-duty accommodations to pregnant women who need them.

Ready for another term? Try vindictive protectiveness. In essence, in the name of emotional wellbeing, students can eliminate anything they do not want to think about, read about, or be challenged about. And penalize those who would expose them to it. How? In the name of "offense".

2

To impose a handicap on.

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verb — impose a penalty on

punish
penalise

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Women should not be penalized or forced out of the workplace simply because they become pregnant. UPS, in fact, has come around to that position. It now offers light-duty accommodations to pregnant wo

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Ready for another term? Try vindictive protectiveness. In essence, in the name of emotional wellbeing, students can eliminate anything they do not want to think about, read about, or be challenged abo

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But as Bumble’s head of public policy for the Americas, Mrs. Iheme, 43, has found a cause that synthesizes her past experiences, varied as they are. She is leading an effort across several states to p

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I will penalize you if you do not observe these regulations.

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Sami didn't want to penalize Layla.

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Algeria shouldn't penalize its poorest categories.

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