penal

adjective7 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.6

a set of laws concerning crimes and their punishments

the system of laws, courts, and prisons used for punishing criminals

the process of making improvements to a country's penal system

a punishment imposed for breaking a law

a remote settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general population

a place like a prison where people are confined as punishment

a place, often remote, where convicts were sent to live