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Definition of Penalise
1. Verb. Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on. "We had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
Entails: Approximate, Estimate, Gauge, Guess, Judge
Specialized synonyms: Avenge, Retaliate, Revenge, Tar-and-feather, Execute, Put To Death, Pillory, Castigate, Amerce, Victimise, Victimize, Scourge, Correct, Discipline, Sort Out
Derivative terms: Penalisation, Penalty, Penalization, Punishment, Punitive, Punitory
Definition of Penalise
1. Verb. (British spelling) (alternative spelling of (penalize)) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Penalise
1. to penalize [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] - See also: penalize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penalise
Literary usage of Penalise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. OECD Economic Surveys by Oecd (2004)
"These studies, which focus on reforms that will penalise growth as little as
possible, have pointed to three types of supplementary measures: - Increasing ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1905)
"Well, if it is fiscally heretical to penalise the consumer by raising prices,
how does it become orthodox to penalise the producer by lowering the prices ? ..."
3. Principles of the English Law of Contract and of Agency in Its Relation to by William Reynell Anson (1906)
"It may impose a penalty without avoiding the contract. It may avoid the contract.
It may avoid, and penalise or prohibit. In this last case we must take the ..."
4. Oil Supply Security: The Emergency Response Potential of IEA Countries in 2000 by International Energy Agency (2001)
"The government also has the legal power to penalise companies which do not fulfil
their stockholding obligations. In this context, the KNOC visits the ..."
5. Archery by Charles James Longman, Henry Walrond (1901)
".adopted being either merely to penalise competitors for past -successes, ...
The old-fashioned .system was to penalise an archer by the loss of the white ..."
6. Regulatory Reform in the United States by Scott H. Jacobs (1999)
"Sluggishness, delay, and inefficiencies in regulatory processes will increasingly
penalise the United States as the pace of globalisation and innovation ..."
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