Punishable
Punishable adjective - Liable to or deserving punishment.
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Wrong and punishable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wrong" instead an adjective "Punishable".
Wrong
Wrong adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Punishable and wrong are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Punishable" instead an adjective "Wrong".
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- Missing the briefing is punishable by death... but a badly programmed robot painted the hallway the wrong color, so walking to the briefing room is also punishable by death.
Source: World Gone Mad - Many of the alien crimes, punishable by death or Fate Worse Than Death, are acts that would be completely innocent in the eyes of humans - say, stepping on the wrong sort of plant.
Source: Protocol Peril -
Not to mention Holmes' brother Mycroft belongs to the Diogenes Club - a club for antisocial gentlemen, which treasures silence so much that talking in the wrong room is an offence punishable by expulsion.
Source: Smoky Gentlemen's Club
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