Synonyms for penal code
pe·nal code

Princeton's WordNet

1. penal codenoun

   the legal code governing crimes and their punishment

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1. • Law
   • Legal Code

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1. Aaron Reyes:

   In the video, someone has taken a pig and holds its rear leg in the air while another animal, a dog, runs to attack it, that, in and of itself, is a penal code animal cruelty violation in the state of California, but the office still needs to investigate the circumstances.

2. Mupiganyi Appolinaire:

   We followed the trial carefully and the convicts had been saying that the murder was a planned one, we expected that they would get the heaviest punishment in the Rwanda penal code.

3. Anitha Shenoy:

   If you look at the Indian penal code, there are so many subclassifications. They range from molestation, assault, to rape and penetrative sex. Here( in the bill) it is very loosely worded.

4. Leila Ahsan:

   He has been jailed over a year and ... keeping him in jail is illegal based on Iran's new penal code.

5. Adam Rabati:

   We are running the risk of being accused of fornication punishable under the penal code.