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Penalize v. t.

To make penal.

(Sport.) To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3. (Eng.)

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Etymology of 'Penalize'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Penalize" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Commission to inquire diligently as to whether there are any further changes which ought not to be delayed, and if so, they are authorized to make such changes subject to your approval. In doing so they are to bear in mind that taxes which tend to penalize or repress industry and enterprise are to be avoided; that provisions for taxation should be simple, so that they may be understood by the people; that they should affect the fewest practicable subjects of taxation which will serve for the general ...

— Messages and Papers of William McKinley V.2. • William McKinley

... voters are to regard the use of the ballot as a civic duty, we must rely largely upon civic education. Young people, soon to be voters, must be impressed with the responsibilities of democracy. They must be taught the vital importance of using the vote. In Belgium and Spain it is customary to penalize individuals for neglecting to vote, but the idea of compulsory voting is repugnant to the American spirit. Moreover, law alone can neither build up nor sustain individual morality. The remedy for indifference to the ballot would seem to be not law, but the education ...

— Problems in American Democracy • Thames Ross Williamson

Words linked to "Penalize" : revenge, discipline, gauge, castigate, scourge, correct, amerce, penalise, guess, estimate, sort out