penalize

verb (used with object), pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing.

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.

verb (tr)

1. to impose a penalty on (someone), as for breaking a law or rule
2. to inflict a handicap or disadvantage on
3. sport to award a free stroke, point, or penalty against (a player or team)
4. to declare (an act) legally punishable; make subject to a penalty

v.1868, from penal + -ize. Related: Penalized; penalizing.