penalty
/ˈpɛn.əl.ti/ sustantivo B2En español: pena
- A legal sentence. · The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.
- A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
- A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
- A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
- A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time. · A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent.
- A disadvantageous consequence of a previous event.
Plural penalties
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“Yes, that is the penalty of being a living puzzle!”
“We are before our time, and suffer the usual penalties.
But you, an ill-favoured and contemptible insect who delights in sucking human blood, I wish that I could have killed you even if I had incurred a heavier penalty.”
Had this test been invented, there are hundreds of men now walking the earth who would long ago have paid the penalty of their crimes.”
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