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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
penalise . - adjective Subject to a
penalty as apunishment
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Examples
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Mr Rennie said building societies were being "penalised" under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme - which helps people who lose money if their bank, insurance company or other financial firm goes bust - because they held higher values of deposits.
Independent Information Technology and business analysis from IT-Director.com 2009
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Highly placed sources said last week that Rehman had a series of heated arguments with senior members of the government when some television channels were "penalised" for airing what were perceived as anti-government views during the lawyers 'Long March.
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Westerman was the latest to be penalised, judged to have roughed the passer after hitting Manning late on the first play of the series.
New York Giants 29 New York Jets 14 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011
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When England's Dylan Hartley was penalised for standing up in the scrum, Moore argued the case for the defence: "Technically, to the letter of the law, George Clancy the referee is right, but if you stand up when you're going forward all you do is push the momentum upwards which doesn't give you any benefit at all."
Square-dancing at the scrums engages full force of Brian Moore's law | Martin Kelner 2012
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With the score 0-0 after 88 minutes, Bayern's Soren Lerby was harshly penalised for handball the ball seemed to hit him in the face.
The Knowledge | Which teams have topped the table for the first time on the final day? 2012
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They had been making progress before Jason Pierre-Paul sniffed out an attempted reverse to Santonio Holmes, and then Slauson was penalised for a false start.
New York Giants 29 New York Jets 14 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011
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Giants 9, Patriots 3 10:10 2nd quarter: But then Nicks is penalised 5 yards for an illegal substitution.
New York Giants 21, New England Patriots 17: Super Bowl 2012 - as it happened 2012
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That looked to me like a miscommuncation - an option route on which Manning and his receiver made different reads - but he is penalised for intentional grounding.
New York Giants 29 New York Jets 14 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011
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The Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes looked to have achieved a critical turnover when he recovered a fumble by the Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz at New England's seven-yard line, only for his team to be penalised for having 12 men on the field.
New York Giants overcome New England Patriots to win Super Bowl 2012
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Burress is flagged for a false start on the next play and then - after a seven-yard completion from Sanchez to Keller - Wayne Hunter is penalised for holding.
New York Giants 29 New York Jets 14 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011
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