giảo
Definition
- Verb:
- To execute by hanging; to hang (a criminal): This is a historical and legal term referring specifically to carrying out capital punishment by means of a noose or gallows. It is an archaic and formal term, not used in modern everyday conversation.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Tên phản bội bị kết án và xử giảo. (The traitor was sentenced and executed by hanging.)
- Trong luật pháp cũ, tội này có thể bị giảo. (Under the old law, this crime was punishable by hanging.)
Advanced Usage
- "xử giảo": to sentence to death by hanging; to carry out a hanging execution.
- Tòa án đã tuyên án xử giảo. (The court pronounced a sentence of death by hanging.)
Variants and Related Words
Án giảo (n): a sentence of death by hanging.
- Án giảo là hình phạt tối cao thời đó. (Death by hanging was the ultimate punishment at that time.)
Tội giảo (n): a crime punishable by hanging.
- Giết người là một tội giảo. (Murder was a hanging offense.)
Synonyms
- Execute by hanging: to put to death using a rope on a gallows.
- Hang: to kill by suspending by the neck (this is the direct, though less formal, equivalent).
Related Idioms
verb
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to hang (a criminal)
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