death penalty
A punishment in which the offender is put to death by the stateA punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.
» His crime deserves the death penalty.
Его преступление заслуживает смертной казни. — marafon
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1 sensesA 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
- putting a condemned person to death
Examples
86 sentencesHis crime deserves the death penalty.
ruЕго преступление заслуживает смертной казни. — marafon
Tom should get the death penalty.
deTom sollte die Todesstrafe bekommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Does the death penalty stop crime?
ruПредотвращает ли смертная казнь преступность? — LanguagesLover
What's your stand on the death penalty?
We should do away with the death penalty.
ruМы должны покончить со смертной казнью. — megaton
deWir sollten die Todesstrafe abschaffen. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From death + penalty.From death + penalty.
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Forms
plural: death penaltiesSynonyms
4 synonyms- putting a condemned person to death:executionexecutingcapital punishment