punishable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for punishable
Adjective
  • Your basic attacks include light and heavy strikes, chargeable special moves, a throw, and a jumping attack.
    Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
  • So nearly 30 years after Bell’s death, Charlotte-Mecklenburg are changing his classification from a suspect in Cornett’s disappearance to a chargeable suspect in her murder.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • During the Donald Trump administration, when another president was under investigation for impeachable and indictable offenses, public opinion of the Nixon pardon shifted again, with Americans perfectly polarized: 38% in favor, 38% against.
    Ken Hughes, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Peel Regional Police arrested a 54-year-old Air Canada employee and charged him with a conspiracy to commit an indictable offense and theft over $5,000.
    Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • Legal experts say the moves are likely unlawful, workers complain they were sloppily handled, and the whole process runs the risk of doing long-term damage to critical workings of the federal government.
    Emily Peck, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The aim is to explore ways to build more confidence and more transparency on our nuclear energy program in return for the lifting of unlawful sanctions.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.
    James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2017
  • Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.
    Lisa Beebe, Los Angeles Magazine, 5 July 2017
Adjective
  • As part of a whole-of-government approach to combatting the threat, Treasury remains focused on leveraging all our available tools and authorities to better identify and counter these criminal activities.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • When Natalia Grace was adopted from Ukraine into the Barnett family as a six-year-old child, no one could have foreseen that the situation would devolve into something that spurred court battles, criminal charges, and multiple documentaries and shows.
    Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • She was arrested and charged with assault in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree, unlawful restraint in the first degree, cruelty to persons and reckless endangerment in the first degree on March 12.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • In January a Bronx jury found Officer Kenneth Hood, 38, guilty of reckless endangerment and official misconduct for the incident in the George R. Vierno Center on Nov. 27, 2019, which left 18-year-old Nicholas Feliciano paralyzed.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • By failing to address the underlying causes of bird flu, the USDA's plan will likely cause more instability by continuing to reimburse farmers engaged in risky and irresponsible practices—while failing to safeguard public health.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The declaration was denounced by many public health experts as unscientific and irresponsible.
    Rob Stein, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The mayor has pleaded not guilty to the charges and the feds have moved to dismiss the case.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • However, after a five-year investigation, Michael was found not guilty in October 2022 on three counts of neglect and conspiracy to commit neglect of a dependent.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Punishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punishable. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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