Definitions for penalizes

penalizes pe·nal·ize

Spelling: [peen-l-ahyz, pen-]
IPA: /ˈpin lˌaɪz, ˈpɛn-/

Penalizes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 434 anagrams from letters in penalizes (aeeilnpsz).

Definitions for penalizes

verb (used with object)

  1. to subject to a penalty, as a person.
  2. to declare (an action, deed, etc.) punishable by law or rule.
  3. to put under a disadvantage or handicap.

Origin of penalizes

First recorded in 1865-70; penal + -ize

Examples for penalizes

Barry was also known to penalize friends who wasted precioussmoke ( i.e. not performing TA) by denying them a hit.

Major League Baseball actually does not penalize usage in the bigs, but does crack down on minor leaguers.

So when Sotnikova stepped out of her jumping combination, the judges did penalize her.

Its first concern must thus be to penalize the free play of ideas.

Law 54 provides that "A player cannot redouble his partner's double," but does not penalize such action.

The act referred to prohibits slavery, but does not penalize it.

He actually believed that we could not penalize for fouls off the playing field.

They had the sense and strength to penalize art; they alone survived.

Attempts to penalize the group with exclusion have failed; perhaps, the time has come for a strategy that co-opts Hamas.

Such an act permits a government to censor and penalize the publication of information it deems secret.

Word Value for penalizes
Scrable

19

Words with friends

22

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