单词 | penal |
释义 | penal (piːnəl ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Penal means relating to the punishment of criminals. ...director-general of penal affairs at the justice ministry. ...penal and legal systems. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A penal institution or colony is one where criminals are kept as punishment. ...imprisoned on an island that has served as a penal colony since Roman times. Synonyms: disciplinary, punitive, corrective, penalizing Collocations: penal reform Penal reform campaigners said the sentencing crackdowns were the worst sort of politics. Times,Sunday Times Penal reform groups said that the proposal was setting up people with chaotic lives to fail. Times, Sunday Times Prison governors and penal reform groups say that they would be difficult to control and would result in inmates being 'warehoused'. Times, Sunday Times Here, a leading voice on penal reform argues long periods on bail blight lives. The Sun Penal reform campaigners say art makes lags less likely to reoffend. The Sun When it came to penal sanctions, no officeholder could impose a fine over fifty drachmas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to penal sanctions for breaches of contract of employment by indigenous workers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It sought to codify the general use of penal sanctions for breach of contract by workers against their employers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a free state, no political authority has the right to define historical truth and to restrain the freedom of the historian with the threat of penal sanctions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also flags serious concern for how the 27-yearold will fare in the future now that he has been exposed to the penal system. Times, Sunday Times So later this year we will introduce legislation for an overhaul of policing, and set out proposals for reform of the penal system. Times, Sunday Times Hundreds of thousands of others laboured, and still continue to labour, under appalling conditions in the country's penal system. Times, Sunday Times But our penal system remains one of the great unreformed public services. Times, Sunday Times Putting rehabilitation at the heart of our penal system will make a good start. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 有关刑罚的 Japanese: 刑事上の |
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