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pe·nal  (pnl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or prescribing punishment, as for breaking the law.
2. Subject to punishment; legally punishable: a penal offense.
3. Serving as or constituting a means or place of punishment: penal servitude; a penal colony.
[Middle English, from Old French peinal and from Medieval Latin pnlis, both from Latin poenlis, from poena, penalty, from Greek poin; see kwei-1 in Indo-European roots.]
penal·ly adv.
penal [ˈpiːnəl]
adj
1. (Law) of, relating to, constituting, or prescribing punishment
2. payable as a penalty a penal sum
3. (Law) used or designated as a place of punishment a penal institution
[from Late Latin poenālis concerning punishment, from poena penalty]
penally  adv
penal, punitive - Penal means "relating to punishment," while punitive means "serving to punish."
See also related terms for punish.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.penal - of or relating to punishment; "penal reform"; "penal code"
2.penal - serving as or designed to impose punishment; "penal servitude"
punitive, punitory - inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages"
3.penal - subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense"
punishable
illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"
penal
adjective disciplinary, punitive, corrective, penalizing, retributive an island that served as a penal colony
Translations
penal [ˈpiːnl]
A. ADJ
1. [reform, policy, system] → penal
2. (= harsh) [rate, charges] → muy gravoso, perjudicial
B. CPD penal code N → código m penal
penal colony N → colonia f penal
penal servitude N → trabajos mpl forzados
penal [ˈpiːnəl] adj [system, reform] → pénal(e) penal colony
penal code n → code m pénal
penal colony n → bagne m
penal
adj
→ Straf-; penal institution → Strafanstalt f; penal law → Strafrecht nt; penal offence → Straftat f; penal policy → Strafrechtspolitik f; penal reform → Strafrechtsreform f
(= harsh) rates, taxation → überzogen
penal [ˈpiːnl] adj (gen) → penale; (tax, fine) → oneroso/a
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Specially in case of laws penal, they ought to have care, that that which was meant for terror, be not turned into rigor; and that they bring not upon the people, that shower whereof the Scripture speaketh, Pluet super eos laqueos; for penal laws pressed, are a shower of snares upon the people.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
Then followed four years of penal servitude, spent in the company of common criminals in Siberia, where he began the "Dead House," and some years of service in a disciplinary battalion.
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
It was a circumstance to he noted on the summer morning when our story begins its course, that the women, of whom there were several in the crowd, appeared to take a peculiar interest in whatever penal infliction might be expected to ensue.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
 
 
 
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