Definition

1. Noun:
   • Death sentence: The judicial decree that a person convicted of a capital crime is to be put to death.
   • Death penalty: The punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tòa án đã tuyên án tử hình. (The court handed down a death sentence.)
  • Nhiều quốc gia đã bãi bỏ án tử hình. (Many countries have abolished the death penalty.)
  • Bị cáo phải đối mặt với án tử hình. (The defendant faces the death penalty.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is used in formal, legal, and journalistic contexts to discuss criminal justice.
• It can be part of compound nouns in specific legal phrases, such as "án tử hình treo" (a suspended or deferred death sentence, often commuted to life imprisonment).

Variants and Related Words

• Án treo (n): Suspended sentence.
• Tử tù (n): Death row inmate; a prisoner sentenced to death.
• Hình phạt tử hình (n): Capital punishment (a more formal synonym).

Synonyms

• Capital punishment: The legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime.
• Death warrant: An official order authorizing a death sentence.
• Execution order: A directive for carrying out a death sentence.

Related Idioms

• While "án tử hình" itself is a formal term, it appears in expressions like:
  • Nhận án tử hình: To receive a death sentence.
  • Thi hành án tử hình: To carry out a death sentence/execution.

noun

1. death-sentence; death penalty