penal

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 pēnālis, both from Latin poenālis, from poena, penalty, from Greek poinē.]

penally pe'nal·ly adv.

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Punishable; inflicting a punish- ment.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to punishment
  Pertains to noun: punishment (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: serving as or designed to impose punishment

Meaning #3: subject to punishment by law
  Synonym: punishable

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - strafbar, kriminel

idioms:

• penal code    straffelov
• penal servitude    strafarbejde

Nederlands (Dutch)
straf-, strafbaar, zeer ernstig

Français (French)
adj. - pénal, pénitentiaire

idioms:

• penal code    code pénal
• penal servitude    (Hist) travaux forcés

Deutsch (German)
adj. - strafbar, Straf-

idioms:

• penal code    Strafgesetzbuch
• penal servitude    Zwangsarbeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (νομ.) ποινικός

idioms:

• penal code    (νομ.) ποινικός κώδικας
• penal servitude    (νομ.) καταναγκαστικά έργα

Italiano (Italian)
penale

idioms:

• penal code    codice penale
• penal servitude    lavori forzati

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - penal

idioms:

• penal code    código penal
• penal servitude    trabalhos forçados

Русский (Russian)
уголовный

idioms:

• penal code    уголовный кодекс
• penal servitude    исправител- ьно-трудовые работы

Español (Spanish)
adj. - penal, castigable

idioms:

• penal code    código penal
• penal servitude    trabajos forzados

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fångvårds-, straff-, straffbar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
刑的, 刑法上的, 刑罚的

idioms:

• penal code    刑法, 刑法典
• penal servitude    监禁和劳役合并的一种, 劳役刑

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 刑的, 刑法上的, 刑罰的

idioms:

• penal code    刑法, 刑法典
• penal servitude    監禁和勞役合併的一種, 勞役刑

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 형벌의, 형사상의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 刑罰の, 刑事上の, 非常に厳しい

idioms:

• penal code    刑法典
• penal servitude    懲役

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جزائي, عقابي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של עונשין, בר-עונש, חמור, קשה, פלילי, לא-נעים‬

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