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penalty point

noun

  1. an endorsement on a driving licence due to a motoring offence

    he also got eight penalty points on his licence

  2. a point awarded against a sports team or competitor for an infringement of the rules
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The barrister said his client was "a man who, up to this point, lived an exemplary life" and that "in over 70 years of driving he never so much as received a parking ticket, let alone a penalty point, let alone being convicted of any driving offence".

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With the penalty point for Nebraska and Murray following with an ace, the game was tied at 22.

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Pierre Gassly, meanwhile, earned another two penalty points for running Lance Stroll wide off track and the Frenchman is now one penalty point away from a one-race suspension.

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He conceded the tiebreak 7-0 on a penalty point after being penalised for an audible obscenity directed at a heckler in the crowd.

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The world No 6 was hit with a penalty point and given a warning by the umpire as well as a talking-to from his mother, Julia Apostoli.

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