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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch executie, from Old French execution, from Latin exsecutio, an agent noun from exequi (“to follow out”), from out + sequor (“follow”); executeren + -tie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛk.səˈky.(t)si/
- Hyphenation: exe‧cu‧tie
- Rhymes: -ytsi
Noun
executie f (plural executies)
- execution (act, process or manner of putting something into practice)
- execution (act of fulfilling a death sentence or killing under summary law)
- De politie in het Amerikaanse Webster (Texas) sluit niet uit dat een jongen die zichzelf ophing de executie van Saddam Hussein nadeed. — The police in the American town of Webster (Texas) do not discard the possibility that a youngster, who hanged himself, imitated the execution of Saddam Hussein.
(Het Algemeen Dagblad, 4 January 2007)
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