penal
adjective
1. of or relating to punishment
- penal reform
- penal code
2. serving as or designed to impose punishment
- penal servitude
- the juvenile was sentenced to six months in a penal institution
Similar word(s): punitive, punitory
3. (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law
- a penal offense
Similar word(s): illegal, punishable
Sentences with penal as an adjective:
- a penal offence
- a penal colony