Meaning

1 senses
  1. A punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.

    Todesstrafe

    сме́ртная казньsmértnaja kaznʹ, вы́сшая ме́ра наказа́нияvýsšaja méra nakazánija, вы́шкаvýška

    сме́ртна ка́раsmértna kára, ви́ща мі́ра покара́нняvýšča míra pokaránnja

More definitions
  • putting a condemned person to death

Examples

86 sentences
  1. His crime deserves the death penalty.

    ruЕго преступление заслуживает смертной казни. — marafon

  2. Tom should get the death penalty.

    deTom sollte die Todesstrafe bekommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Does the death penalty stop crime?

    ruПредотвращает ли смертная казнь преступность? — LanguagesLover

  4. What's your stand on the death penalty?

  5. We should do away with the death penalty.

    ruМы должны покончить со смертной казнью. — megaton

    deWir sollten die Todesstrafe abschaffen. — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
state punishment of death — see also capital punishment:
Русский
By meaning 1
state punishment of death — see also capital punishment:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
state punishment of death — see also capital punishment:

Origin

From death + penalty.

From death + penalty.

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Forms

plural: death penalties

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

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