condemned+person

  • 101execution — noun 1》 the action of executing a plan, order, legal instrument, etc.     ↘the technique or style with which an artistic work is produced or performed: the film is entirely professional in its execution. 2》 an act of executing a condemned person …

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  • 102firing squad — noun a group of soldiers detailed to shoot a condemned person …

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  • 103convict — I. v. a. 1. Prove or find guilty. 2. Convince (of sin), make sensible, rouse to a sense. II. n. Malefactor, criminal, felon, culprit, condemned person …

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  • 104reprieve — re•prieve [[t]rɪˈpriv[/t]] v. prieved, priev•ing, n. 1) to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person) 2) to relieve temporarily from any evil 3) a respite from impending punishment, esp. from execution 4) a warrant… …

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  • 105firing squad — /ˈfaɪərɪŋ skwɒd/ (say fuyuhring skwod) noun a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting …

  • 106deportatio — /diyporteysh(iy)ow/ In the civil law, a kind of banishment, where a condemned person was sent or carried away to some foreign country, usually to an island (in insulam deportatur), and thus taken out of the number of Roman citizens …

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  • 107deportatio — /diyporteysh(iy)ow/ In the civil law, a kind of banishment, where a condemned person was sent or carried away to some foreign country, usually to an island (in insulam deportatur), and thus taken out of the number of Roman citizens …

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  • 108executable — execute ► VERB 1) carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, etc.). 2) carry out a sentence of death on (a condemned person). 3) perform (an activity or manoeuvre). 4) Law make (a legal instrument) valid by signing or sealing it. 5) Law carry… …

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  • 109execute — ► VERB 1) carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, etc.). 2) carry out a sentence of death on (a condemned person). 3) perform (an activity or manoeuvre). 4) Law make (a legal instrument) valid by signing or sealing it. 5) Law carry out (a… …

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  • 110execution — execute ► VERB 1) carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, etc.). 2) carry out a sentence of death on (a condemned person). 3) perform (an activity or manoeuvre). 4) Law make (a legal instrument) valid by signing or sealing it. 5) Law carry… …

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