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Definition of Death penalty
1. Noun. Putting a condemned person to death.
Generic synonyms: Corporal Punishment
Specialized synonyms: Burning, Burning At The Stake, Hanging, Burning, Electrocution, Beheading, Decapitation, Crucifixion
Derivative terms: Execute, Execute, Executioner
Definition of Death penalty
1. Noun. (legal) A punishment in which the person who committed the offence is put to death by the state. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Death Penalty
Literary usage of Death penalty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the American Statistical Association by American Statistical Association (1908)
"In a decree of the court, October 29, the emperor admitted that the number of
homicides committed had not increased since the abolition of the death penalty ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and inflicted on their followers partly the usual death penalty by beheading,
and partly forced labour in the government mines. ..."
3. Criminology by Maurice Parmelee (1918)
"CHAPTER XXV THE death penalty Arguments for and against capital punishment — The
abolition of the death penalty — Humanitarian sentiment and the death ..."
4. Human Rights Violations in the United States: A Report on U.S. Compliance by Steven R. Shapiro (1993)
"At the federal level, the death penalty is available for murders committed in
the course of illicit activity (drug dealing)25 and for peacetime espionage.26 ..."
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