Parapenal

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Serving the same functions as the penal system but operating separately. not-comparable

    "The entire parapenal institution, which is created in order not to be a prison, culminates in the cell, on the walls of which are written in black letters: "God sees you.""

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"The entire parapenal institution, which is created in order not to be a prison, culminates in the cell, on the walls of which are written in black letters: "God sees you.""

Etymology

para- + penal

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