WordTaiwan frequency #19,350
酷刑
ㄎㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
“cruel and brutal punishment; severe torture”
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- 死刑ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊdeath penalty; capital punishment; execution of a person as a legal sentence
- 判刑ㄆㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊto sentence (a convicted person) to a penalty; to impose a criminal sentence; to pass a sentence on someone
- 殘酷ㄘㄢˊ ㄎㄨˋcruel; causing suffering or pain; merciless, harsh.
- 刑事ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋrelating to criminal law; penal; involving criminal prosecution rather than civil matters.
- 服刑ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊto serve a prison sentence; to be incarcerated as punishment.