penal institution — noun an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public • Syn: ↑penal facility • Hypernyms: ↑institution • Hyponyms: ↑brig, ↑camp, ↑correctional institution, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
penal — pe·nal / pēn əl/ adj 1: of, relating to, or being punishment penal sanctions 2: making one (as an offender) punishable a penal offense; also: criminal (2) 3: used as a place of con … Law dictionary
penal facility — noun an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public • Syn: ↑penal institution • Hypernyms: ↑institution • Hyponyms: ↑brig, ↑camp, ↑correctional institution, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
penal colony — noun a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible) • Hypernyms: ↑penal institution, ↑penal facility … Useful english dictionary
penal colony — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, bastille, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, cell, concentration camp, condemned cell, death cell, death house, death row, detention camp, federal prison, forced labor camp, gaol,… … Moby Thesaurus
penal — [[t]pi͟ːn(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Penal means relating to the punishment of criminals. ...director general of penal affairs at the justice ministry. ...penal and legal systems. 2) ADJ: ADJ n A penal institution or colony is one where criminals … English dictionary
penal — adjective 1) a penal institution Syn: disciplinary, punitive, corrective, correctional 2) penal rates of interest Syn: exorbitant, extortionate, excessive, outrageous, preposterous, unreasonable, inflated … Thesaurus of popular words
PÉNAL (DROIT) — Que le droit pénal serve à punir, nul n’en doute. La peine est d’abord vengeance privée: tolérée dans l’ancienne Égypte, à Athènes, à Rome sous l’espèce d’un caractère collectif, légalement organisée (l’abandon noxal à Rome, le wergeld… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Penal colony — Epigraphy in honour of a prisoner in the Australian penal colony of Botany Bay. A penal colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general populace by placing them in a remote location, often an island or distant… … Wikipedia
institution — n. 1) to endow; support an institution 2) a charitable; educational; financial; penal; philanthropic; social; state supported institution 3) a heavily endowed institution 4) (misc.) an institution of higher learning; the institution of marriage * … Combinatory dictionary
