- PENAL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
A state or country's penal code defines its crimes and describes its punishments During the 18th and 19th centuries, many countries established penal colonies, where criminals were sent as punishment
- PENAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PENAL definition: 1 of or relating to punishment given by law: 2 having a harmful effect; causing disadvantage… Learn more
- PENAL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Penal definition: of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses See examples of PENAL used in a sentence
- Penal - definition of penal by The Free Dictionary
1 Of, relating to, or prescribing punishment, as for breaking the law 2 Subject to punishment; legally punishable: a penal offense 3 Serving as or constituting a means or place of punishment: penal servitude; a penal colony
- PENAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
A penal institution or colony is one where criminals are kept as punishment imprisoned on an island that has served as a penal colony since Roman times
- penal, adj. ¹ n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford . . .
penal, adj ¹ n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
- penal - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
of or relating to punishment, as for crimes or offenses: a penal code See -pen- of, pertaining to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses prescribing punishment: penal laws constituting punishment: He survived the years of penal hardship used as a place of confinement and punishment: a penal colony
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