| capital punishment n. The penalty of death for the commission of a crime. |
capital punishment
n
(Law) the punishment of death for a crime; death penalty
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| Noun | 1. |  capital punishment - putting a condemned person to deathcorporal 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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