Penal
adjective
Related to punishment, often legal punishment.
The penal code defines the punishment for each crime.
Often appears as...
- penal code
- penal system
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Used as a punishment or deterrent.
The team received a penal sanction for breaking the rules.
Often appears as...
- penal sanction
- penal institution
adjective
(of a tax or monetary policy) Extremely high or harsh.
Government imposed penal tariffs on imported goods.
Often appears as...
- penal taxes
- penal tariffs
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Related to punishment, often legal punishment.
The penal code defines the punishment for each crime.
Often appears as...
- penal code
- penal system
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Used as a punishment or deterrent.
The team received a penal sanction for breaking the rules.
Often appears as...
- penal sanction
- penal institution
adjective
(of a tax or monetary policy) Extremely high or harsh.
Government imposed penal tariffs on imported goods.
Often appears as...
- penal taxes
- penal tariffs
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Focus
The term 'penal' is often used in legal or academic discussions about crimes and punishments.
During the lecture, the professor will cover the penal responsibilities of corporations.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
'Penal' describes punishment in terms of law or regulations, not physical punishment.
The new policies include penal consequences for data breaches.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Penal' doesn't always carry a negative connotation; it can be neutral, focusing on the concept of legal accountability.
Penal reform aims to improve the justice system.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Focus
The term 'penal' is often used in legal or academic discussions about crimes and punishments.
During the lecture, the professor will cover the penal responsibilities of corporations.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
'Penal' describes punishment in terms of law or regulations, not physical punishment.
The new policies include penal consequences for data breaches.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Penal' doesn't always carry a negative connotation; it can be neutral, focusing on the concept of legal accountability.
Penal reform aims to improve the justice system.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Focus
The term 'penal' is often used in legal or academic discussions about crimes and punishments.
During the lecture, the professor will cover the penal responsibilities of corporations.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
'Penal' describes punishment in terms of law or regulations, not physical punishment.
The new policies include penal consequences for data breaches.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
'Penal' doesn't always carry a negative connotation; it can be neutral, focusing on the concept of legal accountability.
Penal reform aims to improve the justice system.
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The history of tattoos -...
added decoration to their penal tattoos, with designs borrowed from woodblock prints, popular literature and mythical spirtual iconography. Yakuza gangs viewed their outsider tattoos as signs of lifelong loyalty and courage. After all, they lasted forever and it really hurt to get them.
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What we didn't know...
surrounded by a wall of tissue that's rich in a stiff structural protein called collagen. But at the time when I started this project, the best explanation I could find for penal erection was that the wall surrounded these spongy tissues, and the spongy tissues filled with blood
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The history of tattoos -...
added decoration to their penal tattoos, with designs borrowed from woodblock prints, popular literature and mythical spirtual iconography. Yakuza gangs viewed their outsider tattoos as signs of lifelong loyalty and courage. After all, they lasted forever and it really hurt to get them.
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What we didn't know...
surrounded by a wall of tissue that's rich in a stiff structural protein called collagen. But at the time when I started this project, the best explanation I could find for penal erection was that the wall surrounded these spongy tissues, and the spongy tissues filled with blood
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Rod Lurie
Israeli Director
We are viewed by the world as a quasi-racist state in which we allow natural disasters to obliterate our minority community, in which our penal system is designed to treat blacks unfairly, and in which we let the medical and educational systems in our ghettos fester to the level of some third-world countries.
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Michelle Alexander
American Writer
Our nation has slashed budgets for education, job training, economic development, and drug treatment while investing billions in prisons and militarized police. A penal system unprecedented in world history has been born. Millions have been arrested and stripped of basic civil and human rights.
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Norman Davies
British Historian
The historical profession is nowhere famous for its tolerance, but there are not many countries where historians can expect to pay for their opinions with penal servitude or the firing squad.
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Samantha Harvey
English Author
When there's change, and people fear things, they become more dogmatic in their views. They lash out: you can see it in the media, scapegoating and penal sentencing.
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Roger Mahony
American Clergyman
I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.
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Dean Winters
American Actor
I've definitely become more aware of the penal system and more aware of what life could be like inside a prison.
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John Layfield
American Businessman
You can't use the tax code as a penal system because you don't like what a country is doing.
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Frank Morgan
American Musician
I'm eternally grateful to the penal system in California for saving my life.
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Taylor Caldwell
American Author
The world is a penal institution.
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Rod Lurie
Israeli Director
We are viewed by the world as a quasi-racist state in which we allow natural disasters to obliterate our minority community, in which our penal system is designed to treat blacks unfairly, and in which we let the medical and educational systems in our ghettos fester to the level of some third-world countries.
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Michelle Alexander
American Writer
Our nation has slashed budgets for education, job training, economic development, and drug treatment while investing billions in prisons and militarized police. A penal system unprecedented in world history has been born. Millions have been arrested and stripped of basic civil and human rights.
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Norman Davies
British Historian
The historical profession is nowhere famous for its tolerance, but there are not many countries where historians can expect to pay for their opinions with penal servitude or the firing squad.
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Samantha Harvey
English Author
When there's change, and people fear things, they become more dogmatic in their views. They lash out: you can see it in the media, scapegoating and penal sentencing.
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Roger Mahony
American Clergyman
I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.
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Dean Winters
American Actor
I've definitely become more aware of the penal system and more aware of what life could be like inside a prison.
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John Layfield
American Businessman
You can't use the tax code as a penal system because you don't like what a country is doing.
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Frank Morgan
American Musician
I'm eternally grateful to the penal system in California for saving my life.
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Taylor Caldwell
American Author
The world is a penal institution.
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