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penalize

English

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WOTD – 21 April 2010

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From penal +‎ -ize.

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penalize (third-person singular simple present penalizes, present participle penalizing, simple past and past participle penalized)

  1. (transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.
    • 2014 December 3, Editorial Board, “Supreme Court should affirm the rights of pregnant workers”, in The Los Angeles Times‎[1]:
      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.
    • 2017, James Emery White, Meet Generation Z:
      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".
    • 2022 June 13, Valeriya Safronova, “The Fight to End ‘Cyberflashing’”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      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 pass legislation that penalizes “cyberflashing.”
    • 2022 September 14, Glenn Thrush, “U.S. Charges 3 Iranians in Broad Hacking Scheme”, in The New York Times‎[3]:
      In a joint move with several U.S. agencies, the State Department announced that it was penalizing 10 Iranians, including the three men, along with two entities for “conducting malicious cyberacts, including ransomware activity,” according to a statement.
  2. (transitive, sports) To impose a handicap on.
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penalize

  1. inflection of penalizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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