PENALTY


Meaning of PENALTY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

death penalty

Three Britons are facing the death penalty for spying.

draconian measures/controls/penalties etc

draconian measures to control population growth

maximum sentence/penalty/fine etc

She faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

penalty area

penalty box

penalty clause

penalty kick

penalty point

penalty shoot-out

stiff sentence/penalty/fine

calls for stiffer penalties for rapists

the death penalty (= the legal punishment of death )

In the west, most countries have abolished the death penalty.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

civil

To these criminal sanctions against directors, section 242A adds civil penalties , against the company.

And if the J.. Fife Symington listed in those records is the governor, he could face criminal or civil penalties .

He also proposes to toughen civil and criminal penalties for willful child labor violations.

The lawsuits seek not only to stop sales of the product but also civil penalties , court costs and refunds for buyers.

The suit demands damages and a civil penalty of ten times actual damages.

The range of measures consists of both criminal and civil penalties , as well as other disciplinary sanctions.

criminal

Remedies for infringement are as for copyright but there are no criminal penalties for secondary infringements.

It also would increase criminal penalties for possession of methamphetamine-related chemicals or equipment with the intent to manufacture the drug.

However it only makes provision for criminal penalties , and not civil remedies.

And if the J.. Fife Symington listed in those records is the governor, he could face criminal or civil penalties .

The criminal penalties are also severe.

The enforcement method for the regulations was a criminal penalty .

He also proposes to toughen civil and criminal penalties for willful child labor violations.

There are criminal penalties , including fines and imprisonment, for violations.

early

Colin Stephens added the conversion to go with an earlier penalty for a 10-0 lead.

There is a £250 arrangement fee and an early redemption penalty of six months' interest.

But it is important to consider set-up charges and early redemption penalties .

Richard Cullen kicked two early penalties and then after 26 minutes Malone scored a well executed try.

financial

Although not actually cash, these assets can be converted into cash on demand with no financial penalty .

Gingrich has not decided whether to pay the financial penalty from personal or campaign funds, Maddox said.

If the business fails to keep proper records it may be charged a financial penalty .

No financial penalties were imposed, but the men were ordered not to violate securities laws in the future.

Exchange of contracts is the vital moment of agreement, after which it is very difficult to withdraw without stiff financial penalties .

On the other hand, he realized that if he did, there would be financial penalties .

Increased use of financial penalties were also advocated.

Attempts to breach these injunctions resulted in severe financial penalties being imposed on the print unions and the eventual cessation of hostilities.

harsh

Eastleigh replied with two goals from well taken corner-kicks and a harsh penalty award against Lee West.

A wise suspicion is that such a fate awaits any treaty containing grandiose reductions or harsh enforcement penalties .

Home owners can obtain better rates on standard fixed, capped and discount mortgages-and still avoid harsh redemption penalties .

The initiative also calls for harsher penalties for possessing false documents, making it a Class 3 felony.

heavy

It is important therefore to build into the existing legal disincentives a heavy penalty to compensate for the difficulty of detection.

There were heavy penalties for anyone who continued to buy and sell outside the prescribed times.

This is a matter which can not be too carefully watched since failure to comply renders the member liable to heavy penalties .

Rovers enjoyed a heavy advantage in penalties before half-time but it did not do them a lot of good.

If a member did so there was a heavy penalty .

They resented the Forest law which forbade them to hunt over their own lands and woods on pain of heavy penalties .

late

They will therefore incur a late filing penalty as well as interest on the unpaid tax.

A late penalty by Ian Ramsay gave Melrose a slightly flattering win.

Provided these requirements are complied with, no late filing penalty will be sought under s 94, Taxes Management Act 1970.

But everything he hit went straight to keeper Tony Coton, except for a late penalty that hit a post.

United's other goals came from Danny Wallace, just before half-time, and a late Mike Phelan penalty .

maximum

The sentencing powers of magistrates are subject to certain general statutory restrictions in addition to the maximum penalties prescribed for each individual offence.

Officer John Middleton barely avoided losing his badge, receiving a 240-hour suspension, the maximum penalty short of dismissal.

Defendants were frequently prepared to plead guilty under the old law with its maximum penalty of two years' imprisonment.

The maximum penalty for either offense is five years in prison.

Take careful note of the penultimate paragraph in the booklet: failure to comply will attract a maximum penalty of £20,000.

The proposed maximum penalty for indecent assault, however, was five years.

Both men are facing a maximum penalty of a year in jail.

Under s 98, the maximum penalty for the delay by this date would have been £4,560.

severe

Neglect of their duty involved severe penalties .

The most severe penalty he could receive would be a suspension of pay, reduction in rank or confinement to the barracks.

The curve shows that a severe penalty has to be paid for increasing the final speed.

Attempts to breach these injunctions resulted in severe financial penalties being imposed on the print unions and the eventual cessation of hostilities.

This is a legal minefield, and infringement of the regulations can lead to severe penalties , both civil and criminal.

In other countries, he said, such organizations would immediately be subject to severe penalties .

It was all very well for the government in Moscow to lay down severe penalties for its servants who maltreated the natives.

Suppliers of credit exact severe penalties if the borrower defaults.

stiff

At the moment, they face fines of £400, but there are moves afoot to introduce stiffer penalties .

There was a stiff penalty if a young lass's loaf fell during baking: one year of bad luck.

Those who did not could face stiff penalties , including a $ 2,000 fine and up to five years in prison.

Exchange of contracts is the vital moment of agreement, after which it is very difficult to withdraw without stiff financial penalties .

The stiffer penalties announced by Mason were of limited value by themselves.

The vote would ask approval of stiffer penalties for corruption, including barring convicted officials from office.

In some cases LEAs operating such patrols are pressing magistrates to impose stiff penalties on parents of truants.

The plan calls for stiffer penalties for offences and increased government resources to investigate more incidents.

tough

Police fear thieves are turning to car crime because the courts are imposing tougher penalties for burglary and robbery.

He says he would add tougher penalties for non-workers the moment Clinton gave him the necessary leeway.

Councils and other public agencies are threatened with tough penalties if they fail to improve.

It proposes tough penalties for industries which cause water pollution to help reverse the decline.

It argued that these were not soft options but properly applied would be tough penalties which aided the battle to reduce crime.

The ban on sale or display is backed by tough penalties , including a heavy fine and up to three years' imprisonment.

■ NOUN

area

Gascoigne laboriously made his way into the penalty area , more in hope than expectation as he awaited the free-kick.

McCoist's header fell invitingly to Hateley, who was lurking on the edge of the Leeds penalty area .

He was pacing the floor when Dannie Bulman spun a deep cross into the Leicester penalty area .

Allowing Manchester United unnecessary free-kicks on the edge of your penalty area is not a good idea.

Matt Elliott gave the ball away and Niall Quinn found space just outside the penalty area .

Durrant's determination won him the ball at the byeline just inside the Marseille penalty area .

But as always, they crossed into the penalty area and Pemberton cleared.

Late on there was an incident in on the edge of the Ipswich penalty area , can't remember who fouled who.

box

The money is to go in a penalty box kept by Grandmother; the proceeds will go to a charity.

Officials sent offenders to the penalty box left and right.

O'Connell's header found Graham completely unmarked inside the penalty box but Goram did enough to touch the ball on to the bar.

If two-minute penalties were handed out for four-letter words, Newman would still be in the penalty box .

Everton bounced back when Barlow smashed a stunning volley from the edge of the penalty box .

I can't help thinking that the battle in the penalty box tomorrow will be just as vital.

clause

She knew she would feel a good deal less proud when she told Alice about the penalty clause .

The defendants were liable to a penalty clause in the main contract if the work was not completed on time.

How if at all did the existence of the penalty clause affect the consideration given by the plaintiff?

The owners of the dredger required it to complete a contract which contained an onerous penalty clause .

There are stiff penalty clauses for late delivery.

corner

Civil Service forced no less than 16 penalty corners during the game but were unable to cash in.

An unforced error by Faulkner gave away a penalty corner which was converted by Saeed Anjum.

Bray cleverly lobbed the third from a penalty corner , before Lister scored the goal of the day.

Three Portrush penalty corners went unconverted in the first half.

death

The report had alleged torture of prisoners, rigging of trials, and excessive use of the death penalty .

For 20 minutes he listens to callers say he should be tried as an adult and given the death penalty .

The execution of juvenile offenders is extremely rare and at least 72 countries set 18 as the minimum age for the death penalty .

When Ronald Smith confessed, he had requested the death penalty .

The abolition of the death penalty following the revolution remained intact.

Both could face the death penalty .

It may be more hesitant than the House of Representatives about extending the death penalty , for instance for drug-dealing.

The Mosser and Murray deaths qualify for the federal death penalty under a law passed in August 1994.

goal

Liley's first-half penalty goal was indifferent reward for hard work, though he added two more goals.

But Wasps pegged away and when Ashurst was careless with his feet, Pilgrim kicked the penalty goal .

They dominated the first half adding further tries through winger Gavin Thompson and Pears, who also landed two penalty goals .

Rodney Pow responded with two penalty goals for Selkirk.

Jarrett contributed five conversions, two penalty goals and a try.

After 40 minutes Adrian Davies established a three-score advantage with a short penalty goal when Oxford killed the ball.

Charlie Judge shot them in front and a penalty goal from Tom Patton made it 2-0.

Once Smith's penalty goal had cut the Cambridge lead to two points Oxford appeared to be in the driving seat.

kick

It was undeniably dead. perhaps it had been stunned by a penalty kick from a crack centre-forward.

As it is, a penalty kick at goal can take up to two minutes out of the match.

It should be pointed out that a deliberate knock-on can still be penalised by a penalty kick .

Laws 26.2a states that any law which is wilfully broken can lead to a penalty kick .

It may be that Gary McAllister simply made a mess of his penalty kick .

He hit the right post with a penalty kick and the ball bounced almost square to the left.

After fooling Knight with his now-customary shuffle, he screwed the penalty kick embarrassingly wide.

phase

Prosecutors will present a shorter lineup during the penalty phase , Jacobs said.

The women testified as prosecution witnesses in the penalty phase of his murder trial.

During the penalty phase , testimony is often heard from victims and their relatives.

The seven-man, five-woman jury that convicted McVeigh on all counts last week is now in the penalty phase of the trial.

points

He was fined 300-pounds and given six penalty points for careless driving.

He was also ordered to pay £25 costs and received six penalty points on his previously clean driving licence.

Southall, who admitted speeding at an earlier hearing, was fined Pounds 700 and given six penalty points .

He was given three penalty points and ordered to pay £15 towards prosecution costs.

For more serious offences, drivers' licences may also endorsed with penalty points .

He was fined £250 with £20 costs and given eight penalty points .

redemption

If so, they must take care to avoid redemption penalties .

Heavy redemption penalties also apply; but you are unlikely to want to redeem such a good deal.

The deal comes with free valuation, no arrangement fee or extended redemption penalties .

A Cat standard mortgage can include a redemption penalty , so long as it does not extend beyond the discount period.

I've got redemption penalties on part of my mortgage, but not all of it.

There is a £250 arrangement fee and an early redemption penalty of six months' interest.

London &038; Country Mortgages will assist over the phone and use a redemption penalty calculator to assess the situation.

Borrowers have to enter details of their salaries, mortgages, rates of interest and current redemption penalties .

spot

Craig Smith put them ahead before Kevin Harmison levelled from the penalty spot .

It too will have extra time and kicks from the penalty spot if necessary.

But for Stuart Gault's priceless accuracy from the penalty spot , Derry's cause would now almost certainly be lost.

He was fouled by Michael Goddard in the box and Barney Bowers duly obliged from the penalty spot .

United took the lead from the penalty spot .

Referee Worrall pointed to the penalty spot .

And moments later more trouble hit Everton as Alan Shearer collected his seventh goal in eight games from the penalty spot .

■ VERB

abolish

Laurent Fabius, the Socialist president of the parliament, urged Mr Jiang to abolish the death penalty .

In these circumstances facile and fallacious deductions about the consequences of having abolished the death penalty were bound to be rife.

In 1969, Britain abolished the death penalty for murder.

add

To these criminal sanctions against directors, section 242A adds civil penalties , against the company.

He says he would add tougher penalties for non-workers the moment Clinton gave him the necessary leeway.

John Jeffrey had charged over for Kelso's try with Graeme Aitchison converting and adding a penalty .

Laing added a third penalty and McCluskey scored under the posts after a perfect scissors move in midfield.

He added that the penalties against leaking confidential information were severe.

Although Newton missed the conversion, he added a penalty five minutes later.

He added to his first-half penalty with two second-half drop goals and landed a further penalty.

award

Referee Mark Russell awarded a penalty against Dooley, but made no mention of it in his report.

The referee awarded a penalty and, after consulting the linesman, ordered an early bath for Sansome.

Under the new law I would still be able to award a penalty try.

Morrison awarded them a contentious penalty try after Leicester's pack brought down Bath's drive from a lineout.

During this spell the Lions went 35 minutes without being awarded a penalty but conceded 10.

The umpires awarded a thirty-yard penalty to South Sussex.

I would also like the team awarded a penalty and gaining ground to be given the line-out throw-in.

To add insult to injury, Palace, attacking with renewed vigour, were then awarded a doubtful penalty .

carry

Creating a false market in shares carries a penalty of seven years imprisonment under Section 47 of the Financial Services Act.

Murder carries a minimum penalty of 15 years to life in prison, while the top penalty for manslaughter is 11 years.

All are defined as crimes against humanity and carry a penalty of life imprisonment.

Agave theft is considered a serious offense in Jalisco and carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.

So heinous, in fact, that it carries a penalty of three months in the slammer.

The offence should be regarded as rape and carry the equivalent penalty and anonymity.

These are serious offences, carrying the same maximum penalty as the full offences.

Malgosia explained that street prostitution, while not exactly legal, is considered a victimless crime, and carries no penalty .

concede

In a home match against Huddersfield Town, Newcastle were 3-2 down after conceding a questionable penalty to the visitors.

But as Saracens consistently conceded penalties , Humphreys accepted the points on offer.

The Lions ran into similar refereeing trouble as in Auckland in the second match, conceding 15 penalties during the second half.

Barthez escaped with a yellow card despite clearly kicking Ian Harte to concede a penalty .

Not only did he concede the penalty but he also presented White with the perfect chance to cap a memorable day.

Chiddingfold should have taken the lead after five minutes when Rob Madgwick conceded a penalty for a trip.

convert

John McCann converted a penalty for the losers' reply.

Matthew Hunt converted a penalty after five minutes; then Fowler netted his first after a move started by Nikki Harman.

Kennetts beat Wickham Dynamoes 2-1, with Kevin West converting two penalties .

Street converted the penalty for the third, before Malshanger pulled one back towards the end.

Taylor converted a penalty for Shortheath's goal, but there was no stopping the Hollywater side.

face

The third time you step out, you face a full point penalty .

Those convicted by the tribunal face a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Whatever the case, borrowers face hefty penalties if they move their mortgage away.

If found guilty, both executives could face unspecified penalties and other sanctions.

If they fail to stick to their programme, they face further penalties .

If the federal court rules in the environmentalists' favor, Unocal could face penalties in the millions of dollars.

Those who did not could face stiff penalties , including a $ 2,000 fine and up to five years in prison.

And if the J.. Fife Symington listed in those records is the governor, he could face criminal or civil penalties .

impose

He says what Oxford Crown Court did was impose a much lesser penalty .

Many federal contracts, for example, impose penalties when the government does not pay promptly.

This charge automatically takes the case to a higher court, which can impose the highest penalties .

The Times reported that judges were now permitted to impose the death penalty even though a jury had refused to do so.

Can governments impose penalties for the failure of this essential public service?

Police fear thieves are turning to car crime because the courts are imposing tougher penalties for burglary and robbery.

Good referees are quick to pick up on this and impose penalties for persistent offenders.

Equitable imposed a 10 % penalty on any policyholder wanting to take money out.

increase

He: Vowed again that he would increase the top penalty for causing death by dangerous driving to ten years.

Alternatives, such as increasing the penalty for early retirement and adjusting benefit indexing, should also be discussed.

The caretaker government had earlier introduced new laws increasing the penalties for election offences.

She also wants the Legislature to increase penalties for drivers who speed in school zones.

The Government wants to reduce penalties for honest business failures while increasing the maximum penalties on dishonest bankrupts.

It also would increase criminal penalties for possession of methamphetamine-related chemicals or equipment with the intent to manufacture the drug.

We will increase the maximum penalties for making obscene or malicious phone calls.

Mubsan is a legal concept; it comes into play in cases of adultery, where it can increase the penalty .

incur

They will therefore incur a late filing penalty as well as interest on the unpaid tax.

Secondly, Woolwich feared that if it failed in its legal arguments it might incur penalties .

In the usual case of several projects running in parallel it incurs economic penalties .

Too fast would tire the horse unnecessarily while going too slow would incur time penalties .

The larger the pack the more liberal the usage so it is often worth incurring a packaging cost penalty .

However, being inside the time does not incur either penalties or bonus points.

You need to establish whether you would incur redemption penalties if you switched the mortgage elsewhere.

land

Both missed with other attempts before Stephens made amends in the second half, landing another three penalties and kicking three conversions.

Andrew Ker landed two penalties for Watsonians, who were missing a few regulars.

He added to his first-half penalty with two second-half drop goals and landed a further penalty.

The Lions were thankful that Hastings landed his fourth penalty .

Hastings landed three 50-yards plus penalties down wind and a shorter penalty while the Lions forwards created two close-range tries.

Both Barnes and Gavin Hastings landed one penalty and one conversion.

In the end Kevin Phillips, their captain, called on Thorburn and he landed a penalty in first-half injury time.

Craggs added an excellent conversion, then landed his third penalty .

miss

The second half was keenly fought, but neither side managed to score, although Trojans missed a penalty flick.

Eight different players have missed penalties for Arsenal this season, but Henry made no mistake.

He missed one penalty to touch and one at goal after taking over the goalkicking after an earlier miss by Logan.

He also missed a penalty moments before the final whistle.

Bristol's new fly-half Andy May missed five penalties as his side went down 16-6 to Northampton.

Wright also missed a penalty and was booked, but his goal dented Norwich's title hopes even further.

The Bees missed a penalty and had a Marcus Gayle goal disallowed, while the Tranmere winner looked suspiciously off-side.

pay

Keep within the limit and you will not pay the penalties that come with unauthorised overdrafts.

Gingrich has not decided whether to pay the financial penalty from personal or campaign funds, Maddox said.

When Model returned with his wife and children, Constable Bedford asked them if they wished to pay the fixed penalty immediately.

But of the crime that caused the incarceration and the means of paying the penalty this passage tells us nothing.

The event coincided with New Zealand on the wane and Grant Fox paying the inevitable penalty .

The Friendship crew would pay the penalty .

Now it was his men that were paying the penalty .

Therefore his son must pay the penalty .

score

Billy Dodds scored a penalty for Rangers after 55 minutes before Sutton grabbed Celtic's sixth.

The Blues scored on a penalty shot after Scott Hannan pulled down Reasoner at 6: 39 of the first period.

Basingstoke scored first from a penalty and further penalty exchanges brought the score to 6-6.

Green scored from a penalty stroke and a fine open-play goal before Yvonne Ayshford got Midlands' consolation goal almost on time.

They could score only two long-range penalty goals, converted by Walker.

It stayed that way until near the end when Campbell Wilson scored from the penalty spot.

Biggins scored from the penalty spot after only 10 minutes and added another soon after before Mark Stein completed the scoring.

They won Saturday's game 1-0, Vickey Dixon scoring from a penalty stroke.

seek

The Justice Department could not ask for damages or seek penalties against the guilty parties.

Prosecutors, who are seeking the death penalty , claim the brothers premeditated the murders.

Janet Reno authorized prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Kaczynski in connection with the slayings of Murray and Mosser.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Kaczynski, who faces additional charges in a New Jersey bombing death.

Millard said he would seek the maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.

In our state the prosecution must give notice at the time of indictment if it is seeking the death penalty .

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty .

Prosecutors have indicated they will seek the death penalty in the case.

suffer

All non-Lawful characters suffer a -5 penalty to all tests here.

The Federation representative could suffer unofficial penalties for any such assistance.

Characters not of Good alignment suffer a -5 penalty to all tests here.

Bowden was beaten into second place by Dublin's Eamonn Byrne after he suffered a line penalty on the seventh test.

Since the courts do not have the resources to pursue them, those who ignore the jury summons suffer no penalty .

win

The game went into extra time with Hereford eventually winning four three on penalties .

With 15 minutes to go, they won a penalty .

McKinnon, though, kept attacking, predictably winning a penalty .

Larsson won his penalty by simply cutting inside and inviting Danny Griffin to run into his back.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be subject to a rule/law/penalty/tax etc

concede a goal/point/penalty

Barthez escaped with a yellow card despite clearly kicking Ian Harte to concede a penalty.

But as Saracens consistently conceded penalties, Humphreys accepted the points on offer.

Chiddingfold should have taken the lead after five minutes when Rob Madgwick conceded a penalty for a trip.

Hitchcock has yet to concede a goal since stepping in for Dave Beasant.

Liverpool can not afford to concede a goal tonight-and James has yet to keep a clean sheet.

pay the penalty/price

She makes plenty of money, but there's a high price to pay in terms of long hours.

But I had been caught, well and truly, and had paid the price, time and time again.

He had paid the price of surrendering his loyalty to Jeffries-stag-nation, nostalgia, bitterness.

He warned us that we would pay the price.

It started out with all the wrong assumptions about users and their habits and has paid the price in subscriber unrest.

Now ordinary people will pay the price, as inflation eats further into fixed incomes and economic growth stagnates.

The customer wanted to flip a coin about paying the price for a photo of his daughter.

With data filtering one pays the price of decreasing the effective library redundancy and increasing the number of hybridisations.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Drug smugglers face the death penalty if they are caught.

The penalty for treason was always death.

The contract includes stiff financial penalties for failure to complete the work on time.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Although Newton missed the conversion, he added a penalty five minutes later.

And they had disintegrated in familiar fashion, with careless penalties and rampant ragged play.

He was given three penalty points and ordered to pay £15 towards prosecution costs.

In 1969, Britain abolished the death penalty for murder.

Their fears may be justified, but the penalties of content control are very high.

Then they filed another appeal in the federal courts challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty .

While workers would lose pay during this leave, they would be shielded by the law against any other penalty .

You will be issued with penalty notices and the amounts due will be shown on your self-assessment statements.

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