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CAPITAL OFFENSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does capital offense mean?
• CAPITAL OFFENSE (noun)
The noun CAPITAL OFFENSE has 1 sense:
1. a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate
Familiarity information: CAPITAL OFFENSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("capital offense" is a kind of...):
crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
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