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What does penalize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word penalize? Here's what it means.

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  1. (transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.
  2. (transitive, sports) To impose a handicap on.
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Physicians and hospitals fear the practice could unfairly penalize practitioners and say there's no way to benchmark quality accurately.
Fair enough, as I hardly penalize students for reading and referencing material not contained in the casebook.
I'm happier if we can use our understanding of criminal mechanisms to prevent cybercrime, not just penalize wrongdoers after the fact.
So when Sotnikova stepped out of her jumping combination, the judges did penalize her.
My advice for next year is to avoid leagues that penalize players for having too large a role in the offense.
They also wanted a system to penalize states that overshot this target, and proposed a fine that would be automatic.

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