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penal
[peen-l]
adjective
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
prescribing punishment.
penal laws.
constituting punishment.
He survived the years of penal hardship.
used as a place of confinement and punishment.
a penal colony.
subject to or incurring punishment.
a penal offense.
payable or forfeitable as a penalty.
a penal sum.
penal
/ ˈ辱ːə /
adjective
of, relating to, constituting, or prescribing punishment
payable as a penalty
a penal sum
used or designated as a place of punishment
a penal institution
Other 51Թ Forms
- penality noun
- penally adverb
- nonpenal adjective
- unpenal adjective
- unpenally adverb
- ˈԲ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of penal1
Example Sentences
According to the complaint, he sent photographs of graffiti that read, “Swifty Blue 187,” a reference to the California penal code section for murder.
Six months into that sentence, representatives from the Russian military came to the penal colony and told the convicts they had an opportunity to turn a new page in their lives.
While not quite that penal yet, this tournament does look like living up to its self-proclaimed billing as "the toughest test in golf".
The rough is thick and juicy and its 175 bunkers are harsh, penal hazards.
He compared the ICC to the antisemitic conspiracy that sent Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, to the penal colony on Devil's Island for treason in 1894.
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