Words similar to penal

Example sentences for: penal

How can you use “penal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

it's not by accident that one con speaks of 'the penis, not the penal, system.
Then, after that, the Texas Penal Code redefined car theft to unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and decreased the penalty for the crime.
As a result, the English parliament enacted the Penal Laws of 1704, which disenfranchised the Catholic Irish; their purpose was to keep the majority of Irish poor and powerless.
The word, clearly, is penile , from penis; penal comes from the lantin poena `pain or punishment.
Replacing such a term by a foreign equivalent is a penal offense, and may cost the offender anything from $90 to $200.