#corporal_punishment  the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
  supertype:  punishment__penalty__penalization__penalisation  the act of punishing
  subtype:  thrashing__beating__drubbing__lacing__trouncing__whacking  the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
     subtype:  whipping__tanning__flogging__lashing__flagellation  beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
        subtype:  self-flagellation  self-punishment inflicted by whipping
        subtype:  horsewhipping  the act of whipping with a horsewhip; "that villain needs a good horsewhipping"
  subtype:  electric_shock  the use of electric shock as a form of punishment
  subtype:  executing__execution__capital_punishment__capitalpunishment__death_penalty__deathpenalty  putting a condemned person to death
     subtype:  burning_at_the_stake__burning  execution by fire
        subtype:  auto-da-fe  the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)
     subtype:  hanging  a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
     subtype:  electrocution.executing__burning  execution by electricity
     subtype:  beheading__decapitation  execution by cutting off the victim's head
     subtype:  crucifixion  the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
  subtype:  kick_in_the_butt  punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind
  subtype:  stoning__lapidation  punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the person (even unto death)

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