cruel and unusual punishment

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Noun cruel and unusual punishment has 1 sense

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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