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sanctionner

French → English

verb//sɑ̃.ksjɔ.ne//

(law) To penalize: to punish an infraction, crime, or fault with a legal or official penalty.

L'arbitre a décidé de sanctionner le joueur d'un carton rouge.

(English) The referee decided to penalize the player with a red card.

La loi va sanctionner lourdement les entreprises polluantes.

(English) The law will heavily penalize polluting companies.

verb//sɑ̃.ksjɔ.ne//

(politics) To approve: to give official confirmation or validation to a law or a custom.

Le roi a refusé de sanctionner le décret proposé par l'assemblée.

(English) The king refused to sanction (approve) the decree proposed by the assembly.

C'est un usage que le temps a fini par sanctionner.

(English) It is a custom that time has eventually sanctioned (validated).

Entry ID: fr:en:sanctionner · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary