Definisjon av death penalty

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Noun

death penalty - putting a condemned person to death
execution, executing, capital punishment
corporal punishment the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
burning at the stake, burning the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"
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 killing by electric shock
beheading, decapitation killing by cutting off the head
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Substantiv

death penalty - A punishment in which the person who committed the offence is put to death by the state.

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  • death penalty
    The judicially ordered execution of a person as a punishment for a serious crime.

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