The company was penalized for not paying taxes.
The hockey player was penalized for holding.
This law would unfairly penalize immigrants.
Recent Examples on the WebShare [Findings] The U.S. municipal bond market penalizes communities in proportion to the percentage of their population that is black but generally ignores their vulnerability to climate change.—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024 Moreover, about two dozen states have laws that could penalize efforts to divest from Israel, though the statutes have been challenged on freedom-of-speech grounds.—Vimal Patel, New York Times, 17 May 2024 The farmers dressed like Native Americans to conceal their identities.
Between the 1920s and 1950s, several states passed anti-mask laws to penalize the Ku Klux Klan, whose members often wore masks and robes.—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024 But the portions of the bill that caused the most consternation were measures that some in its opposition allege penalize children for the failures of adults.—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for penalize
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