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Involving punishment (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

penal

(Other definitions for penal that I've seen before include "Involving punishment as by the law" , "Involving legal punishment" , "Punishable by law" , "Corrective" , "Punishing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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