Sentence examples for were punishable from inspiring English sources
adjective
Able to be punished; appropriate for punishment.
- Littering in this area is punishable by a fine of up to $100.
Until that time a very wide range of offenses, including even common theft, were punishable by death though the punishment was not always enforced, in part because juries tended to acquit defendants against the evidence in minor cases.
Seventeen of the counts were punishable with death.
Abusers were punishable by infamia (loss of many civil rights), branding, flogging, or banishment.
During America's Colonial period, dozens of crimes were punishable by death, including horse thievery, blasphemy, "man-stealing," and highway robbery.
Before the change, such offenses were treated like misdemeanor disorderly conduct cases that were punishable by fines.
In Colonial America, many crimes, including murder, were punishable by death and, for lesser crimes, Connecticut, like many colonies, mandated the death penalty for third-time offenders.
Perfidy is punishable by success.
Aiding the enemy is punishable by death.
Violations are punishable by $50 fines.
Espionage is punishable by death.
Vulnerability was punishable by death.
