penalize
Example Sentences
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Such an education won’t discourage or penalize students who dissent from a professor’s perspective or from views dominant on the campus.
But on third down the Rams were penalized for delay of game.
From Los Angeles Times
Dustin Sternbeck, a D.C. police spokesman, said the agency has dealt with bomb threats and swatting calls aimed at local schools and worked to identify and penalize the callers.
From Washington Post
She said she hoped for a fair hearing on the gun storage measure, which would penalize gun owners for not locking up their firearms in cars or boats or reporting them stolen.
From Washington Post
Gas price law: Newsom signed a new law that gives state regulators the power to penalize oil companies for making too much money, The Associated Press reports.
From New York Times
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