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punishable
CIDE DICTIONARY
punishable, 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." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
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, wrongfulFor further exploring for "punishable" in Webster Dictionary Online