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penalize

verb amerce, avenge, bring to account, call to account, carry out a sentence, castigate, chastise, correct, discipline, exact a penalty, exact retribuuion, execute a sentence, execute judgment, fine, forfeit, harm, hurt, impose a penalty, inflict a penalty, inflict punnshment, mulct, punish, put at a disadvantage, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, retaliate, revenge, sentence, subject to a handicap, subject to penalty, subject to punishment, visit punishment

See also: condemn, convict, demote, discipline, fine, mulct, punish

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