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How to say penalty, punishment
in Thai
โทษ
tôot
penalty, punishment
tôot falling
Same word as in ขอโทษ ('ask for pardon'). โทษหนัก 'heavy penalty'.
- Part of speech
- noun
In a sentence
- โทษจำคุกสูงสุดสิบปีtôot jam-kúk sǔung-sùt sìp bpiiUp to ten years in prison.
From the same situation: Law, safety, scams
- ผิดกฎหมายillegal
- ถูกกฎหมายlegal
- อนุญาตto permit, allow
- สิทธิ์right(s), entitlement
- ลงโทษto punish
- ข้อหาcharge, accusation
- ผู้ต้องหาsuspect, the accused
- พยานwitness
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