The meaning of Punishable

adjective

Giving sufficient reason to take legal action.

Usage examples:

An actionable assertion

verb

Officially or legally prohibit (something).

Usage examples:

Parking is banned around the harbour in summer

noun

An official or legal prohibition.

Usage examples:

A proposed ban on cigarette advertising

noun

A curse.

Usage examples:

The land might be smitten by the ban which once fell upon the canaanites

adjective

Closed or secured with a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material.

Usage examples:

He sits by a barred window

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

adjective

If a door is barred, a bar of wood or metal has been put across it so that it cannot be opened

Usage examples:

They arrived at the house to find the door locked and barred.

adjective

Responsible for wrongdoing and deserving of censure or blame.

Usage examples:

The investigator found that the council was not blameworthy of doing anything wrong in the circumst…

adjective

Having done something wrong

noun

A person who has committed a crime.

Usage examples:

These men are dangerous criminals

adjective

Relating to crime.

Usage examples:

They are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage

adjective

Involving or having the character of a crime

Usage examples:

She may face criminal charges for lying to a grand jury., he had an extensive criminal record (= an…

adjective

Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way.

Usage examples:

He was a dishonest hypocrite prepared to exploit his family

adjective

Not honest

Usage examples:

He’s been dishonest with us, and i’ll never trust him again.

adjective

Relating to or involved in crime.

Usage examples:

They turned their felonious talents to the smuggling trade

adjective

Relating to a felony (= a serious crime that can be punished by one or more years in prison)

Usage examples:

They try to keep offenders away from the factors that influenced their felonious behaviour in the p…

adjective

Not allowed; banned.

Usage examples:

A list of forbidden books

verb

Refuse to allow (something).

Usage examples:

I can see why phones were forbidden

adjective

Not permitted, esp. by rule or law

Usage examples:

Automobiles are forbidden on the island., he was strictly forbidden to talk with them.

adjective

Obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception.

Usage examples:

Fraudulent share dealing

adjective

Not what it claims or pretends to be

Usage examples:

Fraudulent advertising, there’s been a rise in fraudulent insurance claims.

adjective

Intended to deceive someone, for example, to get money

Usage examples:

They thought i might try to collect insurance on a fraudulent claim., for a charge of fraudulent tr…

adjective

Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.

Usage examples:

Illegal drugs

noun

A person living in a country without official authorization.

Usage examples:

Letting the states bill the feds for the costs associated with illegals would hit the politicians i…

adjective

Against the law

Usage examples:

Fireworks are illegal in many places., illegally obtained passports

adjective

Not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules.

Usage examples:

Defending workers against illegitimate managerial practices

noun

A person who is illegitimate by birth.

Usage examples:

A woman responding to a survey about the experience of illegitimates in 1986 said that her mother ‘…

adjective

(of an offence) rendering the person who commits it liable to be charged with a serious crime that warrants a trial by jury.

Usage examples:

Company law contains a total of 138 indictable offences

adjective

An indictable crime is one that someone can be accused of in a court of law

Usage examples:

An indictable offense

adjective

Made illegal; banned.

Usage examples:

An outlawed extremist group

verb

Ban or make illegal.

Usage examples:

Secondary picketing has been outlawed

verb

Past simple and past participle of outlaw

Usage examples:

The new law will outlaw smoking in public places.

adjective

Relating to, used for, or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system.

Usage examples:

The campaign for penal reform

adjective

Of or connected with punishment given by law

Usage examples:

The penal system

adjective

Not having official permission or approval.

Usage examples:

Unauthorized access to the computer system

adjective

Without official permission

Usage examples:

An unauthorized biography, an unauthorized version of the software is being sold abroad.

adjective

Not officially allowed

Usage examples:

He concealed huge losses made from unauthorized trading on asian futures markets., unauthorized ent…

adjective

Not conforming to, permitted by, or recognized by law or rules.

Usage examples:

The use of unlawful violence

adjective

Not sanctioned.

Usage examples:

A series of unsanctioned rallies against high local unemployment

adjective

Not officially allowed or approved

Usage examples:

Police detained several opposition leaders after an unsanctioned rally in the capital., these playe…