HyperDic: corporal_punishment

English > 1 sense of the expression corporal punishment:
NOUNactcorporal punishmentthe infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
English > corporal punishment: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningThe infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime.
Narrowerbeating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whackingThe act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
electric shockThe use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
execution, executing, capital punishment, death penaltyputting a condemned person to death
gauntlet, gantletA form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
kick in the buttpunishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind
stoning, lapidationThe act of pelting with stones
Broaderpunishment, penalty, penalization, penalisationThe act of punishing
Spanishcastigo corporal
Catalancàstig corporal

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