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しけい 死刑
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Noun
1. death penalty; capital punishment​
Wikipedia definition
2. Capital punishment​Capital punishment, the death penalty, death sentence, or execution is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally "regarding the head" (referring to execution by beheading).
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