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[ verb ] impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
Examples "The students were penalized for showing up late for class" "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" Used in print (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)The police were disqualified along with certain categories of naturalized citizens , criminals and those punished for Protectorate activities . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)General_manager Pels even suggested that it might be wise to keep the Mexicans in suspense rather_than accept their offers to sell_out and move away , and try to have a_few punished . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)He had dared to defy nature , to turn his back to the Lorelei , and he was punished . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)It was like finally getting_into one 's own nightmares to punish one 's dreams . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)The next morning , as the clock struck nine , he appeared at the Council meeting in the Town_Hall and insisted that the couple would have_to be punished if the Church was to be respected . |
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