penalize (someone or something) for (something)

To subject someone to a penalty or punishment for some crime, offense, wrongdoing, or transgression. You can't penalize your students for simply speaking truthfully. The player was penalized for using performance-enhancing drugs. The regulatory committed penalized the company for failing to pay its fair share of taxes.

penalize someone for something

to punish someone for something. It's not fair to penalize her for being late. You needn't penalize yourself for the failure. It wasn't all your fault.

词组	penalize (someone or something) for (something)
释义	penalize (someone or something) for (something) penalize (someone or something) for (something) To subject someone to a penalty or punishment for some crime, offense, wrongdoing, or transgression. You can't penalize your students for simply speaking truthfully. The player was penalized for using performance-enhancing drugs. The regulatory committed penalized the company for failing to pay its fair share of taxes. See also: penalize Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. penalize someone for something to punish someone for something. It's not fair to penalize her for being late. You needn't penalize yourself for the failure. It wasn't all your fault. See also: penalize McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: penalize penalize for punish (someone or oneself) for (something) punish for squeal on squeal on (one) pin (something) on (one) pin on walk away scot-free go scot-free
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