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Definitions

Noun

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

Synonyms

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had crimehudood

Etymology

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

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