Related Words for penal

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