penalty
A legal sentenceA legal sentence.
» His crime deserves the death penalty.
Его преступление заслуживает смертной казни.
Meaning
6 sensesA legal sentence.
The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.
Strafe
наказа́ниеnakazánije, взыска́ниеvzyskánije, штрафštraf
покара́нняpokaránnja, ка́раkára
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
Strafe
штрафštraf
штрафštraf
A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
Pönale, Vertragsstrafe
In sports:
A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.
A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent.
Strafe
булли́тbullít, штрафно́й бросо́кštrafnój brosók
A disadvantageous consequence of a previous event.
- (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
- the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition
- a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
- the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
Examples
152 sentencesHis crime deserves the death penalty.
ruЕго преступление заслуживает смертной казни.
Tom should get the death penalty.
deTom sollte die Todesstrafe bekommen.
Does the death penalty stop crime?
ruПредотвращает ли смертная казнь преступность?
What's your stand on the death penalty?
We should do away with the death penalty.
ruМы должны покончить со смертной казнью.
deWir sollten die Todesstrafe abschaffen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French pénalité, from pénal, from Latin poenālis, from poena, borrowing of AncFrom Middle French pénalité, from pénal, from Latin poenālis, from poena, borrowing of Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, comprising *kʷey- + *-néh₂.
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Forms
plural: penaltiesSynonyms
10 synonyms- the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty:punishmentpenalizationpenalisation