penalize

Definition

Examples

The contract will penalize any company that delivers the goods late.

Word Family

Synonyms

• punishimpose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
• finemoney extracted as a penalty
• disciplinea branch of knowledge

Collocations

• Easy penalize late arrivals
  to penalize late arrivals, meaning to impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
• Medium penalize early contract withdrawal
  to penalize early contract withdrawal, meaning to impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
• Hard heavily penalize regulatory noncompliance
  describing heavily penalize regulatory noncompliance (to a considerable degree)
• Very Hard unfairly penalize employees for systemic failures
  describing unfairly penalize employees for systemic failures (in an unfair manner)