Search Result for "cruel and unusual punishment":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cruel and unusual punishment
    n 1: punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S.
         Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment
         too severe for the crime committed