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capital punishment
The definition of capital punishment is the sentence of death for a crime.
(noun)An example of capital punishment is death by the electric chair.
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See capital punishment in Webster's New World College Dictionary
the penalty of death for a crime
See capital punishment in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
The penalty of death for the commission of a crime.
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