nāvessods

See also: nāves sods

Latvian

nāvessods on Latvian Wikipedia

From nāves (“death[gen.]”) +‎ sods (“penalty”).

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nāvessods m (1st declension)

death penalty, capital punishment (the legal killing of a condemned criminal by the state as punishment for his or her crimes)
mūsdienu Latvijā nāvessods nav piemērojams ― in modern Latvia the death penalty is not applied

decembrī, Valmieras pamalē, Karātavu kalnā, izpildīja lauka karatiesas piespriestos nāvessodus vienpadsmit komunistiem un komjauniešiem ― in December, in the outskirts of Valmiera, on Karatāvu hill, (they) carried out the death penalties, ordered by military tribunal, of eleven communists and Komosomol members