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punishable

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pun·ish  (pnsh)
v. pun·ished, pun·ish·ing, pun·ish·es
v.tr.
1. To subject to a penalty for an offense, sin, or fault.
2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense).
3. To handle roughly; hurt: My boots were punished by our long trek through the desert.
v.intr.
To exact or mete out punishment.

[Middle English punissen, punishen, from Old French punir, puniss-, from Latin poenre, pnre, from poena, punishment, from Greek poin; see kwei-1 in Indo-European roots.]

punish·a·bili·ty n.
punish·a·ble adj.
punish·er n.
Synonyms: punish, correct, chastise, discipline, castigate, penalize
These verbs mean to subject a person to something negative for an offense, sin, or fault. Punish is the least specific: The principal punished the students who were caught cheating.
To correct is to punish so that the offender will mend his or her ways: Regulations formerly permitted prison wardens to correct unruly inmates.
Chastise implies either corporal punishment or a verbal rebuke, as a means of effecting improvement in behavior: I chastised the bully by giving him a thrashing. The sarcastic child was roundly chastised for insolence.
Discipline stresses punishment inflicted by an authority in order to control or to eliminate unacceptable conduct: The worker was disciplined for insubordination.
Castigate means to censure or criticize severely, often in public: The judge castigated the attorney for badgering the witness.
Penalize usually implies the forfeiture of money or of a privilege or gain because rules or regulations have been broken: Those who file their income-tax returns late will be penalized.

punishable [ˈpʌnɪʃəbəl]
adj
liable to be punished or deserving of punishment
punishability  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.punishable - liable to or deserving punishment; "punishable offenses"
guilty - responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"
2.punishable - subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense"
illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"

punishable
adjective culpable, criminal, chargeable, indictable, blameworthy, convictable make slavery a punishable offence
Translations
punishable [ˈpʌnɪʃəbl] ADJ (gen) → punible (Jur) → punible, sancionable
a punishable offenceuna infracción penada or sancionada por la ley
a crime punishable by deathun delito castigado con la pena de muerte
punishable [ˈpʌnɪʃəbəl] adjpunissable
punishable
adjstrafbar; this offence (Brit) or offense (US) is punishable by 2 years’ imprisonmentdieses Verbrechen wird mit 2 Jahren Gefängnis bestraft; it is a punishable offence (Brit) or offense (US) → es ist strafbar
punishable [ˈpʌnɪʃəbl] adjpunibile
punishable [ˈpʌnɪʃəbl] adjpunibile


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He then takes the criminal into custody till he hath made satisfaction; but if it be a crime punishable with death he is delivered over to the prosecutor, who may put him to death at his own discretion.
In being protected, on the other hand, in his life and in his limbs, against the violence of all others, even the master of his labor and his liberty; and in being punishable himself for all violence committed against others -- the slave is no less evidently regarded by the law as a member of the society, not as a part of the irrational creation; as a moral person, not as a mere article of property.
"If you mean by FEELING," said the King, "approaching so close as to leave no space between two individuals, know, Stranger, that this offence is punishable in my dominions by death.
 
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