Associations to the word «Penalize»

Wiktionary

PENALIZE, verb. (transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.
PENALIZE, verb. (transitive) (sports) To impose a handicap on.

Dictionary definition

PENALIZE, verb. Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope