Cruel and unusual punishment (original) (raw)
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cruel and unusual punishment" is a kind of...):
penalisation; penalization; penalty; punishment (the act of punishing)