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      [Noun]  | "capital punishment" 


      1: punishment by death : the practice of killing people as punishment for serious crimes —called also death penalty


      Origin: 1581 ;

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       [ "Capital Punishment" ]

      1: The official and legal definition for the death penalty. It is usually the reward for most high-class felonies, such as first-degree murder, rape, etc. In the United States, it is usually carried out by means of lethal injection, but other places in the world still use methods such as firing squad, hanging, and electric chair. Some countries and states have been known to have banned the practice because of its gruesome nature.

        * e.g.,  ... In 2005, Stanley Tookie Williams, one of the founders of the Crips gang was awarded Capital Punishment for three counts of first degree murder and larceny. He's probably in hell now. 

       [ "Capital Punishment" ]

      1: Losing points on an English paper because all of your letters are lowercase.

        * e.g.,  ... "my name is alex." -2 points. "Why did I lose points for this?" "You didn't capitalize any of the letters so now you're receiving capital punishment." 

       [ "Capital Punishment" ]

      1: One of the most retarded crews in myspace mobsters that get their butts handed daily to them by various mobs. They are a crew purely made of jobless losers, desperately trying to get laid online.

        * e.g.,  ... Capital Punishment is a bunch of short bus window lickers 

       [ "Capital Punishment" ]

      1: State-sanctioned murder

        * e.g.,  ... Capital Punishment is just punishment No, it's literally just murder 

       [ "Capital punishment" ]

      1: Listening to your annoying friend named Lyssa asks you questions about a worthless end of year practice exam

        * e.g.,  ... Shut the fuck UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 


       [ "Capital punishment" ]

      2: And while you're writing your definition on Urban dictionary she stares over your shoulder and argues with everything you put down.

        * e.g.,  ... I've been given the capital punishment 

       [ "Capital Punishment" ]

      1: RESPONDING TO AN EMAIL IN ALL CAPS TO FRIGHTEN, INTIMIDATE, OR OTHERWISE BELITTLE THE ORIGINAL SENDER.

        * e.g.,  ... My boss sentenced me to CAPITAL PUNISHMENT when I sent him that sick Dilbert cartoon. 

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