Crossword-Solution: PENAL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Penal | a. | Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence |
| Penal | a. | Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. |
| Penal | a. | Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. |
| Penal | a. | Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PENAL | anagram | ALPEN, LAPEN, NEPAL, PALEN, PANEL, PLANE, PLENA |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with PENAL (5)
Him the Almighty Power Hurld headlong flaming from th’ Ethereal Skie With hideous ruine and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire, Who durst defie th’ Omnipotent to Arms.
They established a system of public education, built many new hospitals, founded institutions for the mentally and physically handicapped, and attempted to reform the penal system.
The poor peasant, a Saxon by birth, was dragged forward to the bar, terrified at the penal consequences which he might have incurred by the guilt of having been cured of the palsy by a Jewish damsel.
The American, Abe Slaney, was condemned to death at the winter assizes at Norwich, but his penalty was changed to penal servitude in consideration of mitigating circumstances, and the certainty that Hilton Cubitt had fired the first shot.
Come, where are the handcuffs? Do you suppose I care what foolish things you do with me? Penal servitude will only be like waiting for her at a wayside station.
Quotes with PENAL (3)
And thus to my final and most melancholy point: a great number of Stalin's enforcers and henchmen in Eastern Europe were Jews. And not just a great number, but a great proportion. The proportion was especially high in the secret police and 'security' departments, where no doubt revenge played its own part, as did the ideological attachment to Communism that was so strong among internationally minded Jews at that period: Jews like David Szmulevski. There were reasonably strong…
Human existence is a penal colony; a sexually transmitted disease; a disappointment; nothing but suffering; “a sky-dive: out of a cunt into the grave”; a one-way ticket to the crematorium. “Nobody gets out of here alive”. Every day is a grim passage, a struggle through moments and hours of loneliness, boredom, emptiness, and self-loathing. I count myself among the pessimists. I believe that life is suffering. I force myself (my contraself) to look at other positions, but this…
Christianity may be good and Satanism evil. Under the Constitution, however, both are neutral. This is an important, but difficult, concept for many law enforcement officers to accept. They are paid to uphold the penal code, not the Ten Commandments … The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don’t like that statement, but few can argue with it.
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Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYM, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 306 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).