Pun'ish·a·ble adjective [ Confer French punissable .] Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. « That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor.» Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/195