Adjective: penal pee-n(u)l
- Of or relating to punishment
"penal reform"; "penal code"
- Serving as or designed to impose punishment
"penal servitude"; "the juvenile was sentenced to six months in a penal institution"
- (of an act or offence) subject to punishment by law
"a penal offence";
- punishable
See also: illegal, punitive, punitory
Encyclopedia: Penal