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capital punishment Definition

capital punishment

noun

the penalty of death for a crime

capital punishment Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • abolish: Under EU criteria countries are required to abolish capital punishment for any crime.
  • oppose: By then, Aileen's case had been taken up by a lawyer who opposes capital punishment.
  • inflict: It was the head of a barony held by the Earls of Dunbar, who had the power of inflicting capital punishment.
  • believe: Do I believe capital punishment is a good idea?
  • have: If we donĂ¢t have capital punishment, we should have life sentences without the possibility of parole.
  • reintroduce: By whatever definition, it is entirely unconscionable, and if I were king, I would reintroduce exemplary capital punishment as its reward.

Preposition: for

  • crime: Under EU criteria countries are required to abolish capital punishment for any crime.

Modifies a noun

  • debate: But rather than get into the capital punishment debate and the whole business of crime and punishment.