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corporal_punishment

corporal punishment

English

Noun

corporal punishment ‎(plural corporal punishments)

A form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body.

Translations

form of punishment achieved by inflicting blows to the offender's body

Arabic: عُقُوبَة بَدَنِيَّة f ‎(ʿuqūba badaniyya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 體罰 (zh), 体罚 (zh) ‎(tǐfá)
Czech: tělesný trest m
Dutch: lijfstraf (nl) m, f
Finnish: ruumiinrangaistus
French: châtiment corporel m

German: Körperstrafe f
Greek: σωματική ποινή f ‎(somatikí poiní)
Japanese: 体罰 ‎(たいばつ, taibatsu)
Korean: 체벌 (ko) ‎(chebeol) (體罰 (ko))
Polish: kara cielesna (pl) f
Portuguese: punição corporal f
Russian: теле́сное наказа́ние n ‎(telésnoje nakazánije)
Swedish: aga (sv)

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