capital offense
English
    
    Alternative forms
    
- capital offence (Commonwealth)
Noun
    
capital offense (plural capital offenses)
- A crime for which the maximum penalty is capital punishment.
- A crime for which the maximum penalty is life in prison without parole.
Translations
    
crime for which the maximum penalty is capital punishment
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