1. Of or relating to punishment
   "penal reform"; "penal code" 
2. Serving as or designed to impose punishment
   "penal servitude" 
3. Subject to punishment by law
   "a penal offence"
   - punishable

See also: illegal, penally, punishment, punitive, punitory

Encyclopedia: Penal

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