penalize
verb (used with object)
to subject to a penalty, as a person.
had penalized
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past perfectof penalize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Authorities said earlier in the day that they had prevented 500 vehicles from entering and had penalized hundreds of people.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2022
The International Olympic Committee announced on Thursday that it had penalized four Russian athletes for doping violations at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, prompting criticism from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2017
Rice could argue that the league cannot suspend him twice for the same infraction, or that the league and the Ravens, who terminated Rice’s multiyear contract, had penalized him twice.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2014
The N.C.A.A. would not say whether it had penalized any programs for transgressions by fans using social media, but it said the burden of monitoring and regulating the sites fell to the colleges.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2011
Judges had penalized Hughes repeatedly for taking off on the wrong edge, and as painstakingly frustrating as it was, Hughes practiced the jump over and over--and over and over.
From Time Magazine Archive
