Punishable
['pʌnɪʃəbl]
Definition
(adj.) liable to or deserving punishment; 'punishable offenses' .
Typist: Xavier--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.
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Examples
- He left it contrary to my wish and command; and in the days of Alfred that would have been termed disobedience--ay, and a crime severely punishable. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- To refuse baptism or to retract after baptism was a crime punishable by death. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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