penalty : Idioms & Phrases
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Bill of pains and penalties
- a special act of a legislature which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings. Bouvier. Wharton.
Webster 1913
death penalty
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noun putting a condemned person to death
executing; execution; capital punishment.
WordNet
On , ∨ Under , penalty of
- on pain of; with exposure to the penalty of, in case of transgression.
Webster 1913
penalty box
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noun (ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are serving time penalties
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penalty free throw
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noun an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul
foul shot; charity toss; charity shot; free throw; charity throw.