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to penalize
01
to impose a punishment on someone for a wrongdoing or violation
Transitive: to penalize sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
penalize
3rd person singular
penalizes
Present participle
penalizing
Past simple
penalized
Past participle
penalized
Examples
The school may penalize students for plagiarism by giving them a lower grade.
Lexical Tree
penalize
penal
