English Dictionary

give someone the chair

動詞

アメリカ英語 慣用表現

(chiefly US, idiomatic) To sentence a person to execution by means of the electric chair.

日本語の意味

（主にアメリカの慣用表現）電気椅子によって処刑する、または電気椅子による死刑を言い渡す

After the guilty verdict, the judge moved to give someone the chair despite pleas for mercy.

有罪判決の後、裁判官は情状酌量の嘆願にもかかわらず、被告を電気椅子で死刑にすることを決めた。

意味（1）

(chiefly US, idiomatic) To sentence a person to execution by means of the electric chair.

Joseph O'Dell, convicted of a brutal rape and murder, was sentenced to death after a Virginia prosecutor told the jury that if they didn't give him the chair, he'd one day get out and be free to kill again.

gives someone the chair （ present singular third-person ）

giving someone the chair （ participle present ）

gave someone the chair （ past ）

given someone the chair （ participle past ）