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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. liable to or deserving punishment;
- Example: "punishable offenses"

2. subject to punishment by law;
- Example: "a penal offense"
[syn: penal, punishable]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Punishable \Pun"ish*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. punissable.] Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. [1913 Webster] That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. -- Milton. [1913 Webster] -- Pun"ish*a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

punishable adj 1: liable to or deserving punishment; "punishable offenses" 2: subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense" [syn: penal, punishable]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

37 Moby Thesaurus words for "punishable": actionable, against the law, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic, black-market, bootleg, chargeable, contraband, contrary to law, criminal, felonious, flawed, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, impermissible, irregular, justiciable, lawless, nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, outlaw, outlawed, triable, unallowed, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under-the-counter, under-the-table, unlawful, unofficial, unstatutory, unwarrantable, unwarranted, wrongful