Death-penalty

capital punishment

The penalty of death for the commission of a crime.

capital punishment

(Law) the punishment of death for a crime; death penalty

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun

capital punishment - putting a condemned person to death

death penalty, executing, execution

corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime

burning at the stake, burning - execution by fire

hanging - a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"

electrocution, burning - execution by electricity

beheading, decapitation - execution by cutting off the victim's head

crucifixion - the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross

Translations

capital punishment n → pena capitale

capital punishment → أقصى عقوبة trest smrti dødsstraf Todesstrafe θανατική ποινή pena capital kuolemanrangaistus peine capitale smrtna kazna pena capitale 死刑 사형 doodstraf dødsstraff kara śmierci pena de morte высшая мера наказания dödsstraff การลงโทษประหารชีวิต idam cezası án tử hình 死刑

Mentioned in	?		References in periodicals archive	?		Dictionary browser	?		Full browser	?
abolition Beccaria beheading bill of attainder burning burning at the stake Canonical sins capital offense corporal punishment crucifixion death penalty decapitation electrocution electrocutioner executing execution executioner hanging hangman	Death-penalty opponents, who have long focused on questions of morality or justice, say they are pleased to have allies raising the economic argument. The cost of capital punishment: death-penalty opponents are using a ... by Urbina, Ian / New York Times Upfront STATE NEWS, July 16, 2007; see also John Annese, Pressure Grows to Make Cop Killing a Federal Death-Penalty Case: But Murder of Island Officer Remains in Hands of Brooklyn D. To act or not to act: will New York's defeated death penalty be ... by Huffman, Diana N. / Fordham Urban Law Journal Illinois has been at the center of the national death-penalty debate for several years. There's a better way by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)	death qualification death rate death rattle death ray death row death seat death sentence death squad death tax death throes Death tick death toll death tourist death trap Death Valley death warrant death wish death's head death's-head death's-head moth death's-head sphinx Death's-herb Death, Defined Death, Finality of death-dealing Death-penalty death-roll death-valley curve deathbed Deathbird deathblow Deathful Deathfulness deathless deathlike Deathliness deathly deathrate deathsman deathtrap Deathward deathwatch deathwatch beetle deattribution Deaurate Deauration Deauville deave deb deb. Debacchate	death's-head moth death's-head sphinx Death's-herb Death, Accidental Death, Dance of Death, Dance of Death, Defined Death, Doom, and Destruction death, fear of Death, Finality of Death, Maturity, Surrender Death, Premature death-associated LIM-only protein Death-Associated Protein 5 Death-Associated Protein 6 Death-Associated Protein Kinase Death-Associated Protein Kinase Death-Associated Protein Kinase 1 Death-Associated Protein Kinase 2 Death-Associated Protein Kinase 3 Death-Backed Bond Death-backed bonds death-bringing death-dealing death-dealing Death-In-Service Death-Inducing Signaling Complex Death-penalty Death-qualified jury Death-related humor Death-related humor Death-Related Sensory Experience death-roll Death-trap death-valley curve Deathace Incorporated Network Solutions Deathball deathbed deathbed deathbed deathbeds Deathbird deathblow deathblow Deathbringer's Will Deathcamas Deathcamas Deathcap Deathcap Deathcap mushroom Deathcap mushroom Deathful Deathfulness deathless deathless deathlessly deathlessly deathlessness

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Dictionary browser

Full browser

abolition
Beccaria
beheading
bill of attainder
burning
burning at the stake
Canonical sins
capital offense
corporal punishment
crucifixion
death penalty
decapitation
electrocution
electrocutioner
executing
execution
executioner
hanging
hangman

Death-penalty opponents, who have long focused on questions of morality or justice, say they are pleased to have allies raising the economic argument.

The cost of capital punishment: death-penalty opponents are using a ... by Urbina, Ian / New York Times Upfront

STATE NEWS, July 16, 2007; see also John Annese, Pressure Grows to Make Cop Killing a Federal Death-Penalty Case: But Murder of Island Officer Remains in Hands of Brooklyn D.

To act or not to act: will New York's defeated death penalty be ... by Huffman, Diana N. / Fordham Urban Law Journal

Illinois has been at the center of the national death-penalty debate for several years.

There's a better way by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

death's-head moth
death's-head sphinx
Death's-herb
Death, Accidental
Death, Dance of
Death, Dance of
Death, Defined
Death, Doom, and Destruction
death, fear of
Death, Finality of
Death, Maturity, Surrender
Death, Premature
death-associated LIM-only protein
Death-Associated Protein 5
Death-Associated Protein 6
Death-Associated Protein Kinase
Death-Associated Protein Kinase
Death-Associated Protein Kinase 1
Death-Associated Protein Kinase 2
Death-Associated Protein Kinase 3
Death-Backed Bond
Death-backed bonds
death-bringing
death-dealing
death-dealing
Death-In-Service
Death-Inducing Signaling Complex

Death-penalty

Death-qualified jury
Death-related humor
Death-related humor
Death-Related Sensory Experience
death-roll
Death-trap
death-valley curve
Deathace Incorporated Network Solutions
Deathball
deathbed
deathbed
deathbed
deathbeds
Deathbird
deathblow
deathblow
Deathbringer's Will
Deathcamas
Deathcamas
Deathcap
Deathcap
Deathcap mushroom
Deathcap mushroom
Deathful
Deathfulness
deathless
deathless
deathlessly
deathlessly
deathlessness

capital punishment (redirected from Death-penalty)

capital punishment
(redirected from Death-penalty)