capital crime
Execution-worthy transgression
A capital crime is an offense punishable by death—murder, treason, espionage in wartime.
The term comes from the Latin for head, referring to the ultimate penalty of losing one's life.
In jurisdictions without the death penalty, the phrase may still appear in legal contexts referring to the most serious category of crimes: First-degree murder is a capital crime in Texas.
Legal execution for crimes
- executionCompleting a planned task
- lethal injectionCapital punishment by needle
- electric chairElectrocution execution device
- gallowsExecution hanging apparatus
firing squad · death row · life sentence · maximum security · incarceration · penitentiary · supermax · solitary confinement
Deliberate unlawful killing
- homicideCausing another's death
- treasonBetraying one's nation
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- terrorismIntimidation through targeted violence
felony · manslaughter · aggravated murder · kidnapping · genocide · trial · verdict · jury
death penalty
Legal execution for crimes
- executionCompleting a planned task
- lethal injectionCapital punishment by needle
- electric chairElectrocution execution device
gallows · firing squad · death row · life sentence · maximum security · incarceration · penitentiary · supermax · solitary confinement · commutation
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
terrorism · felony · manslaughter · aggravated murder · kidnapping · genocide · trial · verdict · jury · prosecution
- executionexecution, lethal injection, firing squad, gas chamber, electric chair
- capital punishmentdeath penalty, execution, death row, death sentence, lethal injection
- executionsexecution, execution chamber, hanging, guillotine, executioner
- Jewish sinsidolatry, adultery, incest, blasphemy, idol worship
capital crimemisdemeanor
Lesser criminal charge
petty offense · minor offense · infraction · petty crime · minor crime
capital crimepeccadillo
Petty misdeed
good deed · minor transgression · act of kindness · venial sin · heroic act
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