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  • adjective Capable of being penalized.

Etymologies

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penalize +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Bill's sports analogies are promoting illegal, penalizable actions on a sports field okay because it's a rough sport and so much is at stake.

    The popular vote debate 2008

  • Dear jenny, according to the code of justice, initially before the accptance of bribe, the giver is penalizable but after the bribe is intaken, it is only the taker who is penalised. en Español

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

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