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corporal punishment
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corporal punishment
Noun
physical punishment, such as caning
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Noun1.corporal punishmentcorporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment - the act of punishing
whacking, beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, lacing - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
electric shock - the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture; "they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks"
capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution - putting a condemned person to death
gauntlet, gantlet - a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
kick in the butt - punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind
lapidation, stoning - the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)
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corporal punishment corporal n → Prügelstrafe f


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