CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Meaning of CAPITAL PUNISHMENT in English

Capital punishment is punishment which involves the legal killing of a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder.

Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — or death penalty Execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal …
Английский словарь Британика
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — noun : the death penalty for crime
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — punishment by death for a crime; death penalty. [ 1575-85 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — death sentence
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — ■ noun the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — execution of a criminal convicted of a crime. Capital punishment was once meted out for a large number of crimes. …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — noun [ U ] punishment by death For more information see the Cultural Guide
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — ˌcapital ˈpunishment BrE AmE noun [uncountable] punishment which involves killing someone who has committed a crime ⇨ death penalty
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — Capital punishment is punishment which involves the legal killing of a person who has committed a serious crime such as …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He seems to become especially intense when questioning turns to the issue of capital punishment …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — or death penalty Execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — Synonyms and related words : beheading, burning, crucifixion, decapitation, decollation, defenestration, electrocution, execution, fusillade, garrote, gassing, hanging, hemlock, judicial murder, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — Punishment or penalty of death, death-penalty.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — See ↑ KILL 7
Longman Activator English vocab
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — Capital punishment is the legal killing of a person for a crime they have been proved in a court of …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — n. 1) to impose; re-introduce ~ 2) to abolish ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — The most severe of all sentences : that of death. Also known as the death penalty , capital punishment has …
Duhaime's Law English Dictionary
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь, высшая мера наказания to impose, introduce capital punishment ≈ ввести смертную казнь to abolish capital punishment ≈ отменить …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — Смертная казнь
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь, высшая мера наказания
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь, высшая мера наказания
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь, высшая мера наказания
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь, высшая мера наказания
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь, высшая мера наказания to impose, introduce capital punishment — ввести смертную казнь to abolish capital punishment — отменить …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь, высшая мера наказания to impose, introduce capital punishment — ввести смертную казнь to abolish capital punishment — отменить смертную казнь
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь, высшая мера наказания
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь, высшая мера наказания
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь, высшая мера наказания
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь Syn: death penalty, guillotine
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь; наказание индивида, обвиненного в тяжких преступлениях, осуществляемое от имени государства.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — смертная казнь, высшая мера наказания to impose, introduce capital punishment ≈ ввести смертную казнь to abolish capital punishment ≈ отменить …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAPITAL — adj capital (1. pertaining to the head; 2. standing at the head; 3. of primary importance); crimine capital capital crime; …
Interlingua English vocab
PUNISHMENT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) capital punishment corporal punishment strong and hard punishment
Английский словарь Британика
CAPITAL — I In architecture, the crowning member of a column, pier, pilaster, or other vertical form, providing a structural support and …
Английский словарь Британика
CAPITAL — I. ˈkapəd. ə l, -p(ə)t ə l adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin capitalis, from capit-, caput head — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — ˈpənishmənt, -nēsh- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English punisshement, from Middle French punissement, from puniss- (stem of punir to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAPITAL — capital 1 — capitalness , n. /kap"i tl/ , n. 1. the city or town that is the official seat …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAPITAL — I. ˈka-pə-t ə l, ˈkap-t ə l noun Etymology: Middle English capitale, from Anglo-French capital, capitel, from Late Latin capitellum …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — noun the act of punishing. 2. punishment ·add. ·noun severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. 3. punishment ·noun any pain, suffering, …
Webster English vocab
CAPITAL — noun of or pertaining to the head. 2. capital ·adj a chapter, or section, of a book. 3. capital ·adj …
Webster English vocab
PUNISHMENT — the infliction of some kind of pain or loss upon a person for a misdeedi.e., the transgression of a law …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAPITAL — in architecture, crowning member of a column, pier, anta, pilaster, or other columnar form, providing a structural support for the …
Britannica English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — punishment BrE AmE ˈpʌn ɪʃ mənt ▷ punishment|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — / ˈpʌnɪʃmənt; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] punishment (for sth) an act or a way of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAPITAL — / ˈkæpɪtl; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun CITY 1. (also ˌcapital ˈcity ) [ C ] the most …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — pun ‧ ish ‧ ment W3 /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ punishable , ↑ punishing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAPITAL — I. cap ‧ i ‧ tal 1 S3 W1 /ˈkæpətl, ˈkæpɪtl/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1, 3-4: Date: 1600-1700 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAPITAL — n., adj., & int. --n. 1 the most important town or city of a country or region, usu. its seat …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAPITAL — n., adj., & int. n. 1 the most important town or city of a country or region, usu. its seat …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAPITAL — 1. n., adj., & int. --n. 1. the most important town or city of a country or region, usu. its …
Oxford English vocab
PUNISHMENT — ( punishments) 1. Punishment is the act of punishing someone or of being punished. ...a group which campaigns against the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAPITAL — ( capitals) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Capital is a large …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — (~s) 1. Punishment is the act of punishing someone or of being punished. ...a group which campaigns against the physical …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PUNISHMENT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES administer justice/punishment etc ▪ It is not the job of the police to administer justice; …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAPITAL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a capital city (= where the government of a country or state is ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — [noun]Many people think that the death penalty is too severe a punishment for any crime. [C](formal) It was always our …
Cambridge English vocab
PUNISHMENT — n. capital punishment corporal punishment strong and hard punishment
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CAPITAL
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — n. Function: noun the act or an instance of punishing FF1C; a spanking was his punishment FF1E; Synonyms: castigation, chastisement, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PUNISHMENT — noun the act or an instance of punishing a spanking was his punishment Synonyms: castigation, chastisement, correction, discipline, punition, rod …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — See ↑ PUNISH 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a glutton for punishment • ↑ capital punishment • ↑ corporal punishment
Longman Activator English vocab

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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