Definition

Examples

• 历史上有些国家曾用电刑来逼供。
  Lìshǐ shàng yǒuxiē guójiā céng yòng diàn xíng lái bīgòng.
  Some countries historically used electric torture to extract confessions.
• 废除死刑后，电刑也被禁止了。
  Fèichú sǐxíng hòu, diàn xíng yě bèi jìnzhǐ le.
  After the abolition of the death penalty, electrocution was also prohibited.
• 这部小说详细描写了电刑的残酷。
  Zhè bù xiǎoshuō xiángxì miáoxiě le diàn xíng de cánkù.
  This novel describes in detail the cruelty of electric torture/execution.