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I believe the answer is:

penal

(Other definitions for penal that I've seen before include "Very severe" , "Relating to legal punishment" , "Deliberately unpleasant" , "Involving legal punishment" , "Punishable by law" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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