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mirror_punishment

mirror punishment

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mirror punishment (plural mirror punishments)

  1. A form of punishment which reflects the nature of the crime, sin etc. it punishes.
    Mirror punishments are often justified by the Biblical phrase 'an eye for an eye'
    The Sharia (Islamic penal code) rule of amputating a thief's stealing hand is a bloody mirror punishment

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