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[ peen-l ] / ˈpin l / SEE SYNONYMS FOR penal ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, 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. Origin of penal1400–50; late Middle English <Latin poenālis, equivalent to poen(a) penalty (<Greek poinḗ fine) + -ālis-al1 OTHER WORDS FROM penalpe·nal·i·ty [pi-nal-i-tee], /pɪˈnæl ɪ ti/, nounpe·nal·ly, adverbnon·pe·nal, adjectiveun·pe·nal, adjective un·pe·nal·ly, adverb WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH penal1. penal , penological, punitive2. penal , penileWords nearby penalpemphigus foliaceus, pemphigus gangrenosus, pemphigus vegetans, pemphigus vulgaris, pen, penal, penal code, penalize, penal servitude, penalty, penalty area Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for penalThis sum, outlined in the penal code, is double for a male than it is for a female. Iran to Hang Abused Child Bride|Nina Strochlic|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Who then could be tried as a war criminal under the 1871 penal code? How to Try a Nazi|Richard Rashke|September 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST Step by step, the penal and custodial apparatus of the United States has become larger, more belligerent, and more brazen. Conrad Black: Tom DeLay, American Hero, Fights The Good Fight|Conrad Black|October 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST This provision is, however, absent from the Penal Code Iran approved in 2012, though apparently not yet signed into law. Iranian Rapper Shahin Najafi Faces Death Threats for Song Deemed Insult|Omid Memarian|May 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And then there is Article 475 of the penal code, which was the focus of so much discussion online. A Rape Victim’s Suicide Proves Morocco’s Culture of Silence Must Go|Laila Lalami|March 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST This sentence in most cases was commuted to penal servitude for life, or reduced to terms of imprisonment. South Africa and the Transvaal War, vol. 7|Louis Creswicke It is, besides, a penal colony of Brazil, to which it belongs. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States|Raphael Semmes There will be neither scapegoats in this matter nor yet penal servitude for anyone. Notes on Life and Letters|Joseph Conrad It was intended as an introduction to the plan of a penal code. The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen A prisoner's sentence might be extended one or three years; he might be doomed to a penal settlement and chains. The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2)|John West
British Dictionary definitions for penal
adjectiveof, relating to, constituting, or prescribing punishment payable as a penaltya penal sum used or designated as a place of punishmenta penal institution Derived forms of penalpenally, adverbWord Origin for penalC15: from Late Latin poenālis concerning punishment, from poena penalty 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 Words related to penalpunitive, corrective, punishing, reformatory, chastening, penalizing, retributive |