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cruel and unusual punishment
 
Noun cruel and unusual punishment has 1 sense
  1. cruel and unusual punishment - punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed
    --1 is a kind of     punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
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