刑
penalty; corporal punishment; surname
Meanings
3 senses · 12 examplesnoun
penalty; punishment under law
formalUsed in legal and formal contexts to refer to court-imposed punishments.
He was sentenced to death for intentional murder.
Probation is a form of penalty that does not involve actual detention.
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The judge is determining the appropriate sentence to set the final penalty standard.
This crime carries a maximum penalty of ten years of imprisonment.
Many countries have abolished the death penalty as a form of punishment.
noun
corporal punishment; physical torture
formalRefers specifically to physical abuse or torture as punishment for prisoners.
It is forbidden to use corporal torture to extract confessions from criminal suspects.
This prisoner suffered cruel physical punishment in prison.
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International conventions explicitly prohibit all forms of corporal torture for confessions.
Many prisoners of war were subjected to extreme physical punishment during wartime.
Ancient government offices often used caning as a form of corporal punishment.
noun
surname Xing
neutralUsed as a family name, relatively rare in China.
Officer Xing is the community police officer in our district.
Are Teacher Xing and Teacher Xing from the same family lineage?