capital offense
capital offense — 名詞
1. a crime for which the punishment can be death
死刑罪
依法可判處死刑的犯罪行為
a crime for which the punishment can be death
Vikram learned that treason remains a capital offense in his home country.
Vikram 得知，叛國在他自己的國家仍屬死刑罪。
followed by that-clause with 'learned'
The judge told Adisa that murder is a capital offense in this state.
法官告訴 Adisa，謀殺在該州是死刑罪。
Espionage was treated as a capital offense in Britain until the 1990s.
在英國，間諜罪直到一九九○年代仍是死刑罪。
Under the old legal code, stealing horses counted as a capital offense.
在舊法典中，偷馬也算死刑罪。
It shocked Nora to read that treason is still a capital offense in Malaysia.
Nora 震驚地讀到，叛國在馬來西亞竟仍是死刑罪。
- capital crime
more common in everyday use; slightly broader
- death-penalty crime
more direct and transparent in meaning
- capital felony
US legal term; felony is a specific class of serious crime
用法筆記
In British English, this is spelled capital offence. Used mainly in legal and political discussion, not in everyday conversation.