death penalty

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.

Equivalents

Españolpena capital pena de muerte pena mortalúltimo suplicio

Françaispeine capitale peine de mort punition capitale

DeutschTodesstrafe

35 more languages

العربيةإعدام عُقُوبَة الْإِعْدَام عُقُوبَة الْمَوْت

Azərbaycan diliedam

Българскисмъртно наказание

Catalàpena de mort

Češtinatrest smrti

Cymraegcosb marwolaeth

Danskdødsstraf

Esperantomortpuno

Suomikuolemanrangaistus

עבריתעונש מוות

हिन्दीमृत्युदंड सज़ा-ए-मौत

Magyarhalálbüntetés

Հայերենմահապատիժ

Bahasa Indonesiahukuman mati pidana mati

Íslenskadauðarefsing

Italianopena capitale pena di morte

日本語極刑死刑死罪

ქართულისასჯელის უმაღლესი ზომა სიკვდილით დასჯა

ភាសាខ្មែរទោសប្រហារជីវិត

한국어사형

Latviešunāvessods

Bahasa Melayuhukuman mati

မြန်မာသေဒဏ်

Nederlandsdoodstraf

Polskikaes kara główna kara ostatecznakara śmierci

Portuguêspena de morte

Românăpedeapsă cu moartea

Русскийвы́сшая ме́ра наказа́ния вышка смертная казнь

Slovenščinasmrtna kazen

Svenskadödsstraff

ไทยประหาร ประหารชีวิต โทษประหารชีวิต

Tagalogparusang kamatayan

Türkçeidam cezası ölüm cezası

Українськавишка ви́ща мі́ра покара́ння смертна кара

Tiếng Việttử hình

Examples

“And if you would like ⟳ one more fact about this worthy, he was responsible for an Act on the statute book abolishing the death penalty for cattle rustling.”

“Joe Biden deserves the death penalty and Jonald Trump bad.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

death penny death pile death plane death play death pool death rate

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