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. Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez:

   No, that's not on the agenda of the talks, these are citizens who are in jail for committing crimes that are punishable under Venezuelan law, and who also subjected Venezuela's population to terrorism.

3. Donald Trump:

   That's right, and it's punishable by five years in prison ?

4. Jens Rommel:

   Even with no hard proof of a specific deed, being a wheel in the machinery of a camp is now punishable, nEVER TOO LATE.

5. Jeff Dorson:

   If people feel they can no longer care for a pet, all they have to do is surrender him or her to a nearby rescue group or shelter, rather than abandon the poor animal at some random location, where their chances of survival are almost zero, this is truly a cowardly act and a punishable offense.