Punishable

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  • adj. Able to be punished; appropriate for punishment.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Deserving punishment; liable to punishment; capable of being punished by right or law: applied to persons or conduct.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. subject to punishment by law
  • adj. liable to or deserving punishment
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    illegal    guilty   
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