offence
Today nearly 70 crimes qualify as capital offences.
The police have accused him of treason, a capital offence, though he has yet to be charged.
Fraud is not a capital offence, and executives can usually afford a good lawyer.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Death penalties
behead
boot
boots on the groundidiom
burn
capital punishment
chair
condemn
condemn someone to (do) something
death warrant
decapitate
decapitation
electrocution
firing squad
guillotine
hang
hanging
hangman
hung
stake
the electric chair
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