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PUNISHABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does punishable mean?
• PUNISHABLE (adjective)
The adjective PUNISHABLE has 2 senses:
1. liable to or deserving punishment
2. (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law
Familiarity information: PUNISHABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Liable to or deserving punishment
Context example:
punishable offenses
Similar:
guilty (responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law
Synonyms:
penal; punishable
Context example:
a penal offense
Similar:
illegal (prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules)
Context examples
An act by a minor that is punishable by law.
(Delinquency, NCI Thesaurus)
An act that is punishable by law; illegal activities in general.
(Crime, NCI Thesaurus)
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