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Punish (8)

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penalise

'punish' is the definition.
(I know that punish can be written as penalise)

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(Other definitions for penalise that I've seen before include "Disadvantage unfairly" , "See plain (anag.)" , "Perhaps, fine" , "Inflict punishment on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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