Punishment-related (5)

I believe the answer is:

penal

'punishment-related' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

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

I've seen this clue in the Universal, The Wall Street Journal and the Sydney Morning Herald.

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