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    penalize
    /ˈpiːnəlʌɪz/

    verb

    • 1. subject to a penalty or punishment: "high-spending councils will be penalized" Similar punishdisciplineinflict a penalty onexact a penalty fromOpposite reward
    • 2. put at an unfair disadvantage: "if the bill is not amended genuine claimants will be penalized" Similar handicapinflict a handicap onunfairly disadvantageput at an unfair disadvantageOpposite favourhelp

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  2. 4 days ago · penalise. Other forms: penalised; penalising; penalises. Definitions of penalise. verb. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on. synonyms: penalize, punish, sanction. see more.

  3. Jun 5, 2024 · Bribery, the act of promising, giving, receiving, or agreeing to receive money or some other item of value with the corrupt aim of influencing a public official in the discharge of his official duties. When money has been offered or promised in exchange for a corrupt act, the official involved need.

  4. 1 day ago · Failure to penalize makers of lying chatbots, he argues, means there's less incentive for operators to invest in making the technology better. That recommendation, however, looks fraught in light of the US Supreme Court's decision last week , which ended a policy known as Chevron deference that encouraged judges to defer to regulatory agencies for their expert interpretation of ambiguities in ...

  5. 1 day ago · According to the city’s legislative team, Portland remains hamstrung by a state law meant to enshrine some of the protections overturned by the nation’s top court. But not all local elected ...

  6. Jun 26, 2024 · Articles 353 to 357 of the Revised Penal Code define and penalize libel and slander. When such acts are committed online, they fall under the scope of cyber libel as per the Cybercrime Prevention Act.

  7. 3 days ago · These amendments have an Orwellian flavor that could penalize almost anyone with countercultural or biblical views that could be considered hateful — as the powers that be define it. Part 2 aims to formally define hate as “the emotion that involves detestation or vilification and that is stronger than disdain or dislike.”

  8. 3 days ago · Microbial pangenome analysis identifies present or absent genes in prokaryotic genomes. However, current tools are limited when analyzing species with higher sequence diversity or higher taxonomic orders such as genera or families. The Roary ILP Bacterial core Annotation Pipeline (RIBAP) uses an integer linear programming approach to refine gene clusters predicted by Roary for identifying core ...

  9. 3 days ago · The ballot proposal, Amendment 4, seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution. It says, in part, that no “law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before ...

  10. 1 day ago · A state panel Monday waded back into questions about possible financial effects of a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights, with amendment opponents warning the measure would lead to costly litigation if it passes in November. The panel, known as the Financial Impact Estimating Conference, spent more than five hours discussing ...

  11. 2 days ago · The amendment states that no laws can “prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s ...