punishable
Meaning of punishable
adjective
- (of an act) subject to a judicial punishment.
a criminal offence punishable by up to three years in jail
a punishable offence
Information about punishable
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Hyphenation of punishable
pun-ish-able
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- punishable is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
punishable synonyms
Meaning penal:
Meaning contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law:
Meaning not conforming to, permitted by, or recognized by law or rules:
Meaning not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules:
Meaning relating to crime:
Meaning relating to or involved in crime:
Meaning giving sufficient reason to take legal action:
Meaning (of an offence) rendering the person who commits it liable to be charged with a serious crime that warrants a trial by jury:
Meaning responsible for wrongdoing and deserving of censure or blame:
Meaning behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way:
Meaning obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception:
Meaning not having official permission or approval:
Meaning not sanctioned:
Meaning made illegal; banned:
Meaning officially or legally prohibit (something):
Meaning not allowed; banned:
Meaning closed or secured with a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material:
Meaning that has been forbidden; banned:
Meaning prohibit or forbid (something):
Meaning forbid, especially by law:
Words that rhyme with punishable
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