corporal punishment
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1. the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | electric shock, |
| definition | : | the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | gantlet, gauntlet, |
| definition | : | a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | kick in the butt, |
| definition | : | punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | lapidation, stoning, |
| definition | : | the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death) (noun.act) |
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