capital punishment
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capital punishment — punishment by death for a crime; death penalty. [1575 85] * * * or death penalty Execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense. Capital punishment for murder, treason, arson, and rape was… … Universalium
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, the standard penalty for crime in all ancient civilizations. In the Bible Many of the crimes for which any biblical punishment is prescribed carry the death penalty. The three methods of executing criminals found in the Bible… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
capital punishment — n: death penalty Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. capital punishment … Law dictionary
Capital Punishment — • The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
capital punishment — n [U] punishment which involves killing someone who has committed a crime →↑death penalty … Dictionary of contemporary English
capital punishment — noun uncount the punishment of being legally killed … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
capital punishment — ► NOUN ▪ the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime … English terms dictionary
capital punishment — n. the penalty of death for a crime … English World dictionary
Capital punishment — Death penalty and Death sentence redirect here. For other uses, see Death penalty (disambiguation) and Death sentence (disambiguation). Execution and Execute redirect here. For other uses, see Execution (disambiguation) and Execute… … Wikipedia
capital punishment — noun putting a condemned person to death (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑execution, ↑executing, ↑death penalty • Derivationally related forms: ↑execute (for: ↑executing), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
capital punishment — n. 1) to impose; re introduce capital punishment 2) to abolish capital punishment * * * re introduce capital punishment to abolish capital punishment to impose … Combinatory dictionary
