Surely the county council should encourage people to do that, not penalise them.
From the halsteadgazette.co.uk
The more numerous losers may demand higher taxes to penalise the lucky winners.
From the economist.com
This would raise revenue, penalise consumption and encourage energy efficiency.
From the economist.com
If that is the case it seems sad to penalise people who genuinely need legal aid.
From the guardian.co.uk
Most top payers now penalise you for more than a handful of withdrawals per year.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
But any version of graduate tax or contribution will penalise poorer students.
From the guardian.co.uk
Some councils issued smaller bins, to penalise those who produced lots of rubbish.
From the economist.com
On that basis you'd penalise a goalkeeper every time he dived at a forward's feet.
From the guardian.co.uk
It might penalise things which help it to find pages but I doubt that it will.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
Punish: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
(penalisation) punishment: the act of punishing
Alternative spelling of penalize
(Penalised) (penalty) punished by way of demerit points, fines, prison, vehicle confiscation etc for breaking a law.
Is to award a penalty kick against an offending player.