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    PENALISE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they penalise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it penalises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: penalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: penalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: penalising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment onplay

    Example:

    we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again

    Synonyms:

    penalise; penalize; punish

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    "Penalise" entails doing...:

    approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "penalise"):

    avenge; retaliate; revenge (take revenge for a perceived wrong)

    tar-and-feather (smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment)

    execute; put to death (kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment)

    pillory (punish by putting in a pillory)

    castigate (inflict severe punishment on)

    amerce (punish with an arbitrary penalty)

    victimise; victimize (punish unjustly)

    scourge (punish severely; excoriate)

    correct; discipline; sort out (punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    penalisation; penalty (the act of punishing)

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