Definition for death penalty - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	death penalty (death pen\|alty) noun (the death penalty) punishment by execution: offences carrying the death penalty		More words in this category bastinado big house captive community service death camp death row drop electronic tagging ex-con jail jailbird matron penal servitude penitentiary political prisoner prison Robben Island Rule 43 Nearby Words death duty death futures death grant death house death instinct death knell death mask death match death metal death penalty death rate death rattle death ray death roll death row death sentence death slide death song death squad