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punishable

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1. punishable - Adjective

2. punishable - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.[16]. Louis-Ferdinand Céline

A truly Suppressive Person or group has no rights of any kind and actions taken against them are not punishable. L. Ron Hubbard

Nothing optional -- from homosexuality to adultery -- is ever made punishable unless those who do the prohibiting (and exact the fierce punishment) have a repressed desire to participate. Christopher Hitchens

There's a group in California that wants to make suicide a capital offense punishable by death. That's like punishing somebody for being on a hunger strike by sending them to bed with no supper. Bill Engvall

Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop. Laurell K. Hamilton

Wrongdoers and assenting parties are equally punishable. Latin Proverb

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