Punishable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  punishable
       adj 1: liable to or deserving punishment; "punishable offenses"
       2: subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense" [syn: {penal}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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