Penalize

Synonyms for "penalize" (46 found)

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Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

3 entries

derived

5 entries

derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

related to

9 entries

Translations

26 translations across 17 languages.

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Armenian

3 entries
  • պատժել verb (to subject to a penalty)
  • տուգանել verb (to subject to a penalty)
  • տուգանել verb (to impose a handicap on)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • наказвам verb (to subject to a penalty)

Catalan

1 entries
  • penalitzar verb (to subject to a penalty)

Dutch

1 entries
  • straffen verb (to subject to a penalty)

Finnish

2 entries
  • rangaista verb (to subject to a penalty)
  • rangaista verb (to impose a handicap on)

French

1 entries
  • pénaliser verb (to subject to a penalty)

German

1 entries
  • bestrafen verb (to subject to a penalty)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • megbüntet verb (to subject to a penalty)

Irish

1 entries
  • pionósaigh verb (to subject to a penalty)

Italian

1 entries
  • penalizzare verb (to impose a handicap on)

Māori

2 entries
  • ngahi verb (to subject to a penalty)
  • ngawhi verb (to subject to a penalty)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • straffe verb (to subject to a penalty)

Persian

1 entries
  • تنبیه کردن verb (to subject to a penalty)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • penalizar verb (to subject to a penalty)

Russian

4 entries
  • караться законом verb (to subject to a penalty)
  • нака́зывать verb (to subject to a penalty)
  • накла́дывать штраф verb (to impose a handicap on)
  • штрафова́ть verb (to subject to a penalty)

Spanish

2 entries
  • infligir un castigo verb (to impose a handicap on)
  • penalizar verb (to subject to a penalty)

Turkish

1 entries
  • cezalandırmak verb (to subject to a penalty)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I will penalize you if you do not observe these regulations.

Source: tatoeba (1135669)

Sami didn't want to penalize Layla.

Source: tatoeba (7229298)

Algeria shouldn't penalize its poorest categories.

Source: tatoeba (10118573)

Sanctions are a tool to deter and penalize countries for their war crimes.

Source: tatoeba (12115607)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.