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
Matas	-	Lithuanian
Leone (2)	-	English
Archie	AHR-chee	Scottish, English
Dedrick	-	African American
Devadas	-	Indian, Hindi
PÈIre	-	Occitan