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penal 音标拼音: [p'inəl] a. 刑事的,刑法的,受刑的,受罚的,惩罚的 刑事的,刑法的,受刑的,受罚的,惩罚的 penal adj 1: of or relating to punishment; " penal reform"; " penal code" 2: serving as or designed to impose punishment; " penal servitude" 3: subject to punishment by law; " a penal offense" [ synonym: { penal}, { punishable}] Penal \ Pe" nal\, a. [ L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. p[' e] nal. See { Pain}.] Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: ( a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. ( b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penal act or offense. ( c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. " Adamantine chains and penal fire." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] { Penal code} ( Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment. { Penal laws}, { Penal statutes} ( Law), laws prohibiting certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them. { Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [ Great Brit.] { Penal suit}, { Penal action} ( Law), a suit for penalties. [ 1913 Webster]
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