penal
Example Sentences
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Under the islands’ penal code, a single fender-bender with an endemic animal can carry severe consequences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
While Trump was found to have defamed and sexually abused Carroll, the jury rejected her claim of rape as defined in New York's penal code.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
The interim government is prosecuting Atef Najib under the 1949 penal code, a statute written for ordinary murder, not for crimes against humanity.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
“As well as realistic criminal investigation when they’ve committed a crime in violation of a penal code.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
When our elders presented school to us, they did not present it as a place of high learning but as a means of escape from death and penal warehousing.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
