ADJ
- harsh, heavy, severe, stiff, strict, tough
- light
- maximum, minimum
- fixed, mandatory
- a new system of fixed penalties for most traffic offences
- financial, tax
- the heavy financial penalties of leaving the scheme early
- death
- the movement for the abolition of the death penalty
VERB + PENALTY
- impose, introduce
- threaten
- increase
- carry
- crimes which carry severe penalties
- face, incur
PREP
- on/under ~ of
- They made him promise, under penalty of death
- ~ for
- the penalty for murder
- ~ on
- He threatened stiffer penalties on young offenders
VERB + PENALTY
- pay, suffer
- He's now paying the penalty for his misspent youth. People who lose their jobs are suffering the penalties for longer periods
- accept
PREP
- ~ for
- You must accept the penalty for your rash behaviour
- ~ of
- It's just one of the penalties of fame
ADJ
- disputed
- winning
- first-half, second-half
- early, late
VERB + PENALTY
- award (sb), give (sb)
- give away
- They were leading until Cole gave away a penalty
- appeal for
- be awarded/given, get, have
- We were unlucky not to get a penalty
- kick, take
- score from
- Owen scored from a first-half penalty
- miss
- save
PREP
- ~ by/from
- Thet won, thanks to a late penalty from Fry