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Punishable

🔄 Synonyms of "Punishable"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
guiltynoun	(law) Judged to have committed a crime.
penal	Of or relating to punishment.
illegalnoun	Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
penalnoun	Of or relating to punishment.
guilty	(law) Judged to have committed a crime.
illegal	Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.
punitive	(law, military) Inflicting punishment; punishing.
penalised	Subject to a penalty as a punishment
penaltynoun	A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
prosecutable	Able to be prosecuted.
liable	Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
culpable	Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.
criminal	Guilty of breaking the law.
sentencenoun	(grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation.
repressed	Subjected to repression.
blameworthy	Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
reprehensible	Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
subject	Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
actionable	Able to be acted on; able to be used as the basis for taking action.
unlawful	(law) Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal)
condemnable	Deserving of condemnation.
objectionable	Arousing disapproval; worthy of objection; offensive.
wrongful	wrong or unjust