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v. Alternative spelling of penalize.

See penalize.

v. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on

"The professor insisted that the carbon monoxide test is not designed to "penalise" women who smoke, but to show them how smoking and passive smoking raise their levels of the gas."

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