Dictionary

death penalty en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From death + penalty.

Meanings

1. A punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.
   • And if you would like one more fact about this worthy, he was responsible for an Act on the statute book abolishing the death penalty for cattle rustling. 2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 71:
   • Joe Biden deserves the death penalty and Jonald Trump bad. 2024 June 4, very tall bart, 0:09 from the start, in [YTP] Jordan Peterson confesses, spoken by Joe Biden (Joe Biden):

Forms

Deriveds

corporate death penalty · Usenet Death Penalty

Relateds

death sentence

Synonyms

capital punishment · execution · Texas justice

Translations (96)

cmn 死刑 (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · th โทษประหารชีวิต (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · es pena mortal (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · hi महादण्द (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · sa मृत्युदण्ड (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · nl doodstraf (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ka სასჯელის უმაღლესი ზომა (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · hu halálbüntetés (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ca pena de mort (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ur سَزائے مَوت (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · pl najwyższy wymiar kary (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · kmr cezayê mirinê (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · uz o‘lim jazosi (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ru сме́ртная казнь (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · th ประหารชีวิต (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · sk trest smrti (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · it pena di morte (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · mk смртна казна (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · eo mortpuno (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · nn dødsstraff (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · be смяро́тная ка́ра (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · de Todesstrafe (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · vo deadapönod (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · cy cosb angau (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ro pedeapsă cu moartea (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · hi सज़ा-ए-मौत (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ota سیاست (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · vi tử hình (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · fr peine capitale (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ug ئۆلۈم جازاسى (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · tr ölüm cezası (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · sh смртна казна (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ja 極刑 (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ko 사형 (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ar إِعْدَام (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · es pena capital (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · fa-ira مُجازاتِ اِعْدام (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · cmn 極刑 /极刑 (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · prs اِعْدَام (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · sl smrtna kazen (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · uk ви́ща мі́ра покара́ння (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ms hukuman mati (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ar عُقُوبَة الْمَوْت (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · it pena capitale (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · hi मृत्युदंड (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ru вы́шка (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · sq dënim me vdekje (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · lt mirties bausmė (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · tg ҷазои қатл (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ja 死罪 (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · kk өлім жазасы (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · cy cosb marwolaeth (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · id hukuman mati (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · bg смъ́ртно наказа́ние (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · sv dödsstraff (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · cmn 死罪 (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · vi án tử hình (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · tk ölüm jezasy (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · uk сме́ртна ка́ра (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · la mortis poena (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · gl pena de morte (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ky өлүм жазасы (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · bn মৃত্যুদণ্ড (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · cs trest smrti (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · fa-ira اِعْدام (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · tr idam cezası (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ta மரணதண்டனை (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · km ទោសប្រហារជីវិត (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · my သေဒဏ် (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · be смяро́тнае пакара́нне (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · is dauðarefsing (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · lv nāvessods (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · sh smrtna kazna (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · es último suplicio (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · fr punition capitale (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ru вы́сшая ме́ра наказа́ния (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · fi kuolemanrangaistus (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ja 死刑 (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · pl kara śmierci (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · srn dedestrafu (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · pt pena de morte (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · fr peine de mort (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · es pena de muerte (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ga pionós báis (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · tl parusang kamatayan (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · he עונש מוות (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · da dødsstraf (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · hy մահապատիժ (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · az ölüm cəzası (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · az edam (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · nb dødsstraff (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ar عُقُوبَة الْإِعْدَام (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · kmr cezayê îdamê (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · ka სიკვდილით დასჯა (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · lo ປານະທັນ (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment) · tt үлем җәзасы (state punishment of death — see also capital punishment)