carnefice
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin carnifex. Compare archaic Portuguese carnífice.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
carnefice m (plural carnefici)
- executioner
- Synonym: boia
- torturer, tormentor, persecutor
- Synonym: torturatore
- victimizer, brutal murderer
- (games) hangman
- Synonym: boia