penalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
    punish; penalise.
    • The students were penalized for showing up late for class
    • we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again

WordNet

Pe"nal*ize transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make penal.
  2. (Sport.) To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3. Eng.

Webster 1913