单词 | death sentence |
释义 | > as lemmasdeath sentence death sentence n. a judicial sentence of capital punishment; also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun] > sentence > death-sentence death sentence1655 fatwa1861 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. ii. v. 16 (heading) Of his triall, Death sentences and writings. 1788 Profetic Hist. Daniel (Medit. vii. 13–14) 48 They have heard my Lord Judge sum up the evidences against the trembling malefactor at the bar, and just a going, to denounce the death-sentence. 1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 222 Wrapped in an awful silence which was to be broken with a death-sentence to the hopes of the enamoured enthusiast. 1867 45th Rep. Inspectors-gen. Prisons of Ireland, 1866 p. xvi In 1866, 3 males and 1 female received death sentences. 1911 A. J. Morrison tr. J. D. Schöpf Trav. in Confederation 1783–4 I. 45 A strict law has been passed against the poor barberry, making the inhabitants responsible, with no further judicial process, for the carrying out of the death sentence imposed upon both varieties of this shrub. 1944 G. Myrdal Amer. Dilemma I. xxvi. 554 (note) The death sentence for rape..is restricted almost wholly to the South and Southwest. 2001 Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) 18 May 6/3 Not paying for anti-retrovirals is a death sentence handed down by a company that is making huge profits. 2011 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 31 Oct. a12/1 Mr. Perry was signing bills to create a life without parole alternative to the death sentence. < as lemmas |
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