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. Jean Lee:

   North Korea has a very strict and very extensive penal code.

2. Charles Wesley:

   I've been focusing more on learning penal code, criminal code of procedure and the things that will keep me from doing something that I shouldn't be doing because I don't know the law the way I should know it.

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. Adam Rabati:

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

5. 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.