punishable

adjective
🔊/ˈpʌnɪʃəbl/
🔊/ˈpʌnɪʃəbl/
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  1. (of a crime罪行) that can be punished, especially by law可以惩罚的;可以处罚的;(尤指)应法办的
    • Giving false information to the police is a punishable offence.向警方谎报情况是应受惩处的罪行。🔊🔊
    • punishable by/with something a crime punishable by/with imprisonment可判监禁的罪行
    • At that time, there were over 100 offences that were punishable by death.当时,有超过100项罪行应判处死刑。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPunishable is used with these nouns:
    • offence
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