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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| punitive | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| punishable | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| illegal | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| correctional | x/xx | Name |
| penitentiary | xx/xx | Noun |
| juridical | /xxx | Adjective |
| criminal | /xx | Noun |
| judicial | x/x | Name |
| prison | /x | Noun |
| reformatory | x/xxx | Noun |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| disciplinary | /xxxx | Adjective |
| rehabilitative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| corporal | /xx | Noun |
| penalty | /xx | Noun |
| ecclesiastical | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| incarceration | xxx/x | Noun |
| criminological | xx/xxx | Name |
| crim | / | Name |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| gaol | x/ | Noun |
| psychiatric | xx/x | Name |
| confinement | x/x | Noun |
| imprisonment | x/xx | Noun |
| civil | /x | Name |
| governmental | /xxx | Adjective |
| statutory | /xxx | Adjective |
| monetary | /xxx | Name |
| prisoner | /xx | Noun |
| offender | x/x | Noun |
| ecclesiastic | xxx/x | Noun |
| constitutional | xx/xx | Noun |
| social | /x | Noun |
| paramilitary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| offence | x/ | Noun |
| judicature | x/xx | Noun |
| repressive | x/x | Adjective |
| totalitarian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| inquisitorial | x/x/xx | Adjective |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| ecclesial | xxxx | Adjective |
| detention | x/x | Noun |
| societal | x/xx | Adjective |
| institutional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| harsher | /x | Adjective |
| agrarian | x/xx | Noun |
| unjust | x/ | Adjective |
| jurisprudence | xx/x | Noun |
| mental | /x | Noun |
| sociopolitical | /xxx/xx | Adjective |
| committal | x/x | Noun |
| gulag | /x | Noun |
| peninsular | x/xx | Noun |
| captive | /x | Noun |
| priestly | /x | Name |
| discriminatory | x/xxxx | Adjective, Verb |
| piratical | /xxx | Adjective |
| felonious | x/xx | Adjective |
| jurisdictional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| puritanical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| provincial | x/x | Noun |
| territorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| custodial | x/xx | Adjective |
| educational | xx/xx | Name |
| pentagonal | /xxx | Adjective |
| pontifical | x/xx | Name |
| infernal | x/x | Noun |
| exilic | /xx | Adjective |
| mortal | /x | Adjective |
| electoral | x/xx | Noun |
| patrimonial | /xxx | Noun |
| palatial | x/x | Adjective |
| pubertal | /xx | Noun |
| covenantal | /xxx | Adjective |
| despotic | x/x | Adjective |
| polar | /x | Noun |
| mural | /x | Noun |
| gladiatorial | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| monastic | x/x | Adjective |
| adjudicative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| colonial | x/xx | Noun |
| porcine | x/x | Noun |
| scholarly | /xx | Adjective |
| parochial | x/xx | Adjective |
| feudal | /x | Adjective |
| clerical | /xx | Adjective |
| constabulary | x/xxx | Noun |
| parliamentary | xx/xx | Noun |
| tribal | /x | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| servitude | /xx | Noun |
| droit | / | Noun |
| colony | /xx | Noun |
| compare | x/ | Noun |
| sanctions | /x | Noun |
| code | / | Noun |
| enchanter | x/x | Noun |
| statutes | /x | Noun |
| populism | /xxx | Noun |
| tattooing | x/x | Noun |
| enactments | x/x | Noun |
| laws | / | Noun |
| battalions | x/x | Noun |
| settlement | /xx | Noun |
| offense | x/ | Noun |
| reform | x/ | Noun |
| atonement | x/x | Noun |
| provisions | x/x | Noun |
| reformers | x/x | Noun |
| erasure | x/x | Noun |
| harms | / | Noun |
| fines | / | Noun |
| clauses | /x | Noun |
| legislation | xx/x | Noun |
| establishments | x/xx | Noun |
| hopelessness | /xx | Noun |
| lottery | /xx | Noun |
| conflagration | xx/x | Noun |
| sentencing | /xx | Noun |
| slavery | /xx | Noun |
| prosecution | xx/x | Noun |
| custody | /xx | Noun |
| advisory | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| antidumping | xx/x | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| assize | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| authorities | x/xx | Noun |
| celebrities | x/xx | Noun |
| corrective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| court | / | Noun, Verb |
| crime | / | Noun, Verb |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| declaratory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| departments | x/x | Noun |
| divisional | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| dumping | /x | Noun |
| exclusionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| guiana | x/x | Name |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| indictable | x/xx | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| justice | /x | Noun |
| legal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| maritime | /xx | Adjective |
| officials | x/x | Noun |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| pol | / | Noun |
| political | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| quarantine | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| regulations | xx/x | Noun |
| statistics | x/x | Noun |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| tariffs | /x | Noun |
| tribunals | x/x | Noun |
| unconstitutional | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| undemocratic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
