penalize for

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Carmelita	-	Spanish
Orsino	-	Italian
Jenci	-	Hungarian
Enu	-	Western African, Akan
Pallas (2)	-	Greek Mythology
Ron (2)	-	Hebrew