capital punishment

capital punishment

n.

The penalty of death for the commission of a crime.

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capital punishment

n

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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capital punishment n → pena capitale

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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