punishable

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
punishable
    adj 1: liable to or deserving punishment; "punishable offenses"
    2: subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense" [syn:
       {penal}, {punishable}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
antiflux / dictionary / punishable
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