"capital punishment" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-capital punishment.wav Forms: capital punishments [plural]
Etymology: From the original meaning of capital (“relating to the head”); originally referring to executions by beheading or decapitating. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} capital punishment (countable and uncountable, plural capital punishments)
  1. The practice of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime. Wikipedia link: capital punishment Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Capital punishment, Death, Law, Violence Synonyms: death penalty Related terms: execute, execution Translations (punishment by death — see also death penalty): dënim me vdekje [masculine] (Albanian), إِعْدَام (ʔiʕdām) [masculine] (Arabic), عُقُوبَة الْإِعْدَام (ʕuqūbat al-ʔiʕdām) [feminine] (Arabic), عُقُوبَة الْمَوْت (ʕuqūbat al-mawt) [feminine] (Arabic), մահապատիժ (mahapatiž) (Armenian), edam (Azerbaijani), ölüm cəzası (Azerbaijani), смяро́тнае пакара́нне (smjarótnaje pakaránnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), смяро́тная ка́ра (smjarótnaja kára) [feminine] (Belarusian), найвышэ́йшая ме́ра пакара́ння (najvyšéjšaja mjéra pakaránnja) [feminine] (Belarusian), найвышэ́йшая ме́ра ка́ры (najvyšéjšaja mjéra káry) [feminine] (Belarusian), মৃত্যুদণ্ড (mrittudonḍo) (Bengali), смъ́ртно наказа́ние (smǎ́rtno nakazánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), သေဒဏ် (sedan) (Burmese), pena capital [feminine] (Catalan), 死刑 (sǐxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 極刑 (Chinese Mandarin), 极刑 (jíxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 死罪 (sǐzuì) (Chinese Mandarin), trest smrti [masculine] (Czech), dødsstraf [common-gender] (Danish), doodstraf [feminine] (Dutch), surmanuhtlus (Estonian), deyðarevsing [feminine] (Faroese), kuolemanrangaistus (Finnish), peine capitale [feminine] (French), peine de mort [feminine] (French), სასჯელის უმაღლესი ზომა (sasǯelis umaɣlesi zoma) (Georgian), სიკვდილით დასჯა (siḳvdilit dasǯa) (Georgian), Todesstrafe [feminine] (German), θανατική ποινή (thanatikí poiní) [feminine] (Greek), έσχατη ποινή (éschati poiní) [feminine] (Greek), मृत्युदण्ड (mŕtyudaṇḍ) [masculine] (Hindi), महादण्ड (mahādaṇḍ) [masculine] (Hindi), सज़ा-ए-मौत (sazā-e-maut) [feminine] (Hindi), halálbüntetés (Hungarian), dauðarefsing [feminine] (Icelandic), hukuman mati (Indonesian), اِعْدام (e'dâm) (Iranian Persian), مُجازاتِ اِعْدام (mojâzât-e e'dâm) (Iranian Persian), pionós báis [masculine] (Irish), pena capitale (Italian), 死刑 (shikei) (alt: しけい) (Japanese), 極刑 (kyokkei) (alt: きょっけい) (Japanese), 死罪 (shizai) (alt: しざい) (Japanese), өлім жазасы (ölım jazasy) (Kazakh), ទោសប្រហារជីវិត (tooh prɑɑhaa ciivɨt) (Khmer), 사형 (sahyeong) (alt: 死刑) (Korean), өлүм жазасы (ölüm jazası) (Kyrgyz), ປານະທັນ (pā na than) (Lao), punitio capitalis [feminine] (Latin), nāvessods [masculine] (Latvian), mirties bausmė [feminine] (Lithuanian), смртна казна (smrtna kazna) [feminine] (Macedonian), hukuman mati (Malay), dødsstraff [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dødsstraff [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kara śmierci [feminine] (Polish), najwyższy wymiar kary [masculine] (Polish), pena de morte [feminine] (Portuguese), pena capital [feminine] (Portuguese), pedeapsă capitală [feminine] (Romanian), pedeapsă cu moartea [feminine] (Romanian), сме́ртная казнь (smértnaja kaznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), вы́сшая ме́ра наказа́ния (výsšaja méra nakazánija) [feminine] (Russian), вы́сшая ме́ра (výsšaja méra) [feminine] (Russian), вы́шка (výška) [feminine, slang] (Russian), выша́к (vyšák) [masculine, slang] (Russian), महादण्ड (mahādaṇḍa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), मृत्युदण्ड (mṛtyudaṇḍa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), смртна казна [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), smrtna kazna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), trest smrti [masculine] (Slovak), smrtna kazen [feminine] (Slovene), castigo capital [masculine] (Spanish), pena capital [feminine] (Spanish), pena mortal [feminine] (Spanish), último suplicio [masculine] (Spanish), dödsstraff [neuter] (Swedish), parusang kamatayan (Tagalog), ҷазои қатл (jazo-yi qatl) (Tajik), மரணதண்டனை (maraṇataṇṭaṉai) (Tamil), үлем җәзасы (ülem cäzası) (Tatar), โทษประหารชีวิต (tôot-bprà-hǎan-chii-wít) (Thai), ประหารชีวิต (bprà-hǎan-chii-wít) (Thai), idam cezası (Turkish), ölüm cezası (Turkish), idam (Turkish), ölüm jezasy (Turkmen), сме́ртна ка́ра (smértna kára) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ви́ща мі́ра покара́ння (výšča míra pokaránnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), سَزائے مَوت (sazāe maut) [feminine] (Urdu), ئۆلۈم جازاسى (ölüm jazasi) (Uyghur), o‘lim jazosi (Uzbek), tử hình (Vietnamese), deadapönod (Volapük), dienyddio [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
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          "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
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          "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
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          "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
          "word": "ölüm cəzası"
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          "roman": "smjarótnaje pakaránnje",
          "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
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          "word": "смяро́тнае пакара́нне"
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          "roman": "smjarótnaja kára",
          "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
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          "roman": "najvyšéjšaja mjéra pakaránnja",
          "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "найвышэ́йшая ме́ра пакара́ння"
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          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "mrittudonḍo",
          "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
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          "code": "my",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "kuolemanrangaistus"
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "peine de mort"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sasǯelis umaɣlesi zoma",
          "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
          "word": "სასჯელის უმაღლესი ზომა"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "code": "de",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "el",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "el",
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          "code": "hi",
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          "code": "hi",
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          "word": "hukuman mati"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "code": "it",
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          "code": "kk",
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          "code": "km",
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          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
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          "code": "fa-ira",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "pena de morte"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "crime",
          "crime"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "death penalty"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "capital punishment"
      ]
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dënim me vdekje"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔiʕdām",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِعْدَام"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕuqūbat al-ʔiʕdām",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عُقُوبَة الْإِعْدَام"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕuqūbat al-mawt",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عُقُوبَة الْمَوْت"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mahapatiž",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "մահապատիժ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "edam"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "ölüm cəzası"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "smjarótnaje pakaránnje",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "смяро́тнае пакара́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "smjarótnaja kára",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "смяро́тная ка́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "najvyšéjšaja mjéra pakaránnja",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "найвышэ́йшая ме́ра пакара́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "najvyšéjšaja mjéra káry",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "найвышэ́йшая ме́ра ка́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mrittudonḍo",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "মৃত্যুদণ্ড"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smǎ́rtno nakazánie",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "смъ́ртно наказа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "sedan",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "သေဒဏ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pena capital"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sǐxíng",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "死刑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "極刑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíxíng",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "极刑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sǐzuì",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "死罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trest smrti"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dødsstraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doodstraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "surmanuhtlus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deyðarevsing"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "kuolemanrangaistus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peine capitale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peine de mort"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasǯelis umaɣlesi zoma",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "სასჯელის უმაღლესი ზომა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "siḳvdilit dasǯa",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "სიკვდილით დასჯა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Todesstrafe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "thanatikí poiní",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "θανατική ποινή"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éschati poiní",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "έσχατη ποινή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mŕtyudaṇḍ",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मृत्युदण्ड"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mahādaṇḍ",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "महादण्ड"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sazā-e-maut",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "सज़ा-ए-मौत"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "halálbüntetés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dauðarefsing"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "hukuman mati"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pionós báis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "pena capitale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しけい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shikei",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "死刑"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょっけい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyokkei",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "極刑"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しざい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shizai",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "死罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ölım jazasy",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "өлім жазасы"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tooh prɑɑhaa ciivɨt",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "ទោសប្រហារជីវិត"
    },
    {
      "alt": "死刑",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sahyeong",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "사형"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ölüm jazası",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "өлүм жазасы"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pā na than",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "ປານະທັນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "punitio capitalis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nāvessods"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mirties bausmė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "smrtna kazna",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "смртна казна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "hukuman mati"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dødsstraff"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dødsstraff"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "e'dâm",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "اِعْدام"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "mojâzât-e e'dâm",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "مُجازاتِ اِعْدام"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kara śmierci"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "najwyższy wymiar kary"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pena de morte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pena capital"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pedeapsă capitală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pedeapsă cu moartea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smértnaja kaznʹ",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сме́ртная казнь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výsšaja méra nakazánija",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́сшая ме́ра наказа́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výsšaja méra",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́сшая ме́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výška",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "вы́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyšák",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "выша́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "mahādaṇḍa",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "महादण्ड"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "mṛtyudaṇḍa",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मृत्युदण्ड"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "смртна казна"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smrtna kazna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trest smrti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smrtna kazen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castigo capital"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pena capital"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pena mortal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "último suplicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dödsstraff"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "parusang kamatayan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "jazo-yi qatl",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "ҷазои қатл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "maraṇataṇṭaṉai",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "மரணதண்டனை"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ülem cäzası",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "үлем җәзасы"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tôot-bprà-hǎan-chii-wít",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "โทษประหารชีวิต"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-hǎan-chii-wít",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "ประหารชีวิต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "idam cezası"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "ölüm cezası"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "idam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "ölüm jezasy"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "smértna kára",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сме́ртна ка́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výšča míra pokaránnja",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́ща мі́ра покара́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sazāe maut",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سَزائے مَوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ölüm jazasi",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "ئۆلۈم جازاسى"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "o‘lim jazosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "tử hình"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "word": "deadapönod"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "punishment by death — see also death penalty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dienyddio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "capital punishment"
}

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