penalize

To subject (a person) to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or regulation. synonym: punish.

To make (an action or a condition) liable to a penalty.

To impose a handicap on; place at a disadvantage.

To lay under a penalty, in ease of violation, falsification, or the like: said of regulations, statements, etc.; subject, expose, or render liable to a penalty: said of persons. Also spelled penalise.

To affix what amounts to a penalty to some act that is not in itself a penal offense; to subject to a disadvantage; handicap.

To make penal.

To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3.

To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.

To impose a handicap on.