Synonyms for punishable
ˈpʌn ɪ ʃə bəlpun·ish·able

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1. punishableadjective

   liable to or deserving punishment

   "punishable offenses"

   Synonyms:
   penal

   Antonyms:
   clean-handed, legal, guiltless, innocent

2. penal, punishableadjective

   subject to punishment by law

   "a penal offense"

   Synonyms:
   penal

   Antonyms:
   clean-handed, legal, innocent, guiltless

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1. List of paraphrases for "punishable":

   liable, repressed, prosecutable, reprehensible

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How to use punishable in a sentence?

1. Julius Malema:

   Corruption in the ANC is not punishable, in fact it's rewarded. That's how the ANC are running our country.

2. George Orwell, 1984:

   It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself—anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face ... was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime ...

3. John Yudichak:

   In the existing statute, evading arrest by operating a vehicle is a crime, struggling with an officer while being placed under arrest is a crime but evading arrest on foot that results in the death of a police officer is not a crime punishable under the current law.

4. Donald Trump:

   This is a scandal far greater in scope and magnitude than Watergate and those who were involved in and knew about this spying operation should be subject to criminal prosecution, in a stronger period of time in our country, this crime would have been punishable by death.

5. Marjorie Taylor:

   She's a traitor to our country, she's guilty of treason, she took an oath to protect American citizens and uphold our laws. And she gives aid and comfort to our enemies who illegally invade our land. That's what treason is. And by our law representatives and senators can be kicked out and no longer serve in our government. And it's, uh, it's a crime punishable by death is what treason is. Nancy Pelosi is guilty of treason.