executioner — Dicionário de inglês

Substantivo

1. An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

   Exemplos

   He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace.

   Mais exemplos (1)

   Underpinning that power was a reign of terror the like of which Chechens had not seen since the days of Stalin. Even the Russian contraktniki, or freelance fighters, were not as feared as Mr Kadyrov's private army of kidnappers, torturers and executioners were.

2. Executor.

   Uso

   • arcaico

3. A hit man, especially being in some organization.

Substantivo

1. an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

   Sinônimos

   public executioner

   Termos mais gerais

   killerslayer