What does "hudud" mean?

The maximum punishments for certain crimes, including theft, fornication, adultery, false accusation of adultery, drunkenness, and apostasy.

Hudud

Common synonyms include: boundaries, divine penalties, fixed penalties, frontiers, had crime, hudood.

noun

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Noun

1
The maximum punishments for certain crimes, including theft, fornication, adultery, false accusation of adultery, drunkenness, and apostasy. plural, plural-normally
2
(Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran wordnet
3
Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes wordnet

From Arabic حُدُود (ḥudūd, “boundaries, penalties”).