verb
impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
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The students were penalized for showing up late for class
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we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again
• Derivationally related forms: ↑penalisation, ↑penalty, ↑penalization (for: ↑penalize), ↑punitive (for: ↑punish), ↑punitory (for: ↑punish), ↑punishment (for: ↑punish)
• Hyponyms:
↑revenge, ↑avenge, ↑retaliate, ↑tar-and-feather, ↑execute, ↑put to death, ↑pillory, ↑castigate, ↑amerce, ↑victimize, ↑victimise, ↑scourge, ↑discipline, ↑correct, ↑sort out
• Entailment: ↑estimate, ↑gauge, ↑approximate, ↑guess, ↑judge
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
Useful english dictionary. 2012.