penalisation

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penalisation - the act of punishing

penalization, penalty, punishment

social control - control exerted (actively or passively) by group action

chastisement, castigation - verbal punishment

corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime

cruel and unusual punishment - punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed

detention - a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"

discipline, correction - the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"

economic strangulation - punishment of a group by cutting off commercial dealings with them; "the economic strangulation of the Jews by the Nazi Party"

imprisonment - putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

medicine, music - punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"

self-punishment - punishment inflicted on yourself

stick - threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot"

self-abasement, self-mortification, penance - voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

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If the Welsh Government does not halt this cruelty and criminalisation of smoking there is likely to be violence and unnecessary penalisation for non-payment of fines.

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The senators demanded the PTM to nominate a focal person for meetings with the representatives and present their demands in writing to the committee.The PTM formed in the aftermath of the murder of Naqeebullah Mehsud demanded penalisation of Rao Anwar, recovery of FATA's missing persons, probe into extra-judicial killings of Pashtuns all over the country, and end to discrimination meted out to tribal people in addition to a formation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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However, to avoid penalisation, farmers and workers now tend to indulge in these activities at night because of lack of supervision.

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The National Authority blamed the Ennahdha movement for this "Zionist" appointment, asking the House of People's Representatives to speed up the adoption of the bill on the "penalisation of normalisation" which is subject to Tunisian consensus."

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"I am proposing we find a more proportionate and effective response to the critical and important issue of road safety that does not involve the excessive penalisation of one distinct element of the community."

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Households with more than four people will have to apply for the water limit to be raised to avoid unfair penalisation, according to the city.

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Pakistan is considered one of those countries that do not fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, where the numbers of people trafficked was significant or significantly increasing, according to the US State Department.Ineffective law enforcement, complicity at an official level and penalisation of victims rather than perpetrators were the main contributing factors in this regard

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An Azhar cleric has made a public apology on his Facebook account after facing public pressure and penalisation by the Ministry of Endowment over singing a love song on TV.