PENALISE

punish, penalize, penalise

(verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; “The students were penalized for showing up late for class”; “we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

penalise (third-person singular simple present penalises, present participle penalising, simple past and past participle penalised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of penalize.

Anagrams

• apse line, sepaline

Source: Wiktionary



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