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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
penal/ˈpiːnl/

▶adjective

1 relating to or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system.
■ (of an act or offence) punishable by law.

2 (especially of taxation or interest rates) extremely severe.

– derivatives
penally adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr. penal, from L. poenalis, from poena ‘pain, penalty’.

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