tar-and-feather vs penalize

tar-and-feather and penalize both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tar-and-feather	No	No	Yes	No
penalize	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, penalize is a hypernym of tar-and-feather; that is, penalize is a word with a broader meaning than tar-and-feather:

tar-and-feather: smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment
penalize: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on

Other hypernyms of tar-and-feather include penalise, punish.

tar-and-feather (verb)	penalize (verb)
smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment	impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on