English-Italian translations for executioner

• boia
  Non è ascoltando coloro che dicono: »Signor boia, ancora un minuto» che ci arriveremo. It is not by listening to those who say 'Executioner, just one more minute!' , that we shall succeed.
  Ci sono i boia e le vittime, i nazisti e gli ebrei, i criminali e gli innocenti! There are executioners and victims, there are Nazis and Jews, and there are criminals and innocent people!
  Esigere da loro il silenzio ora equivale a chiedere alla vittima di non lamentarsi perché le sue grida potrebbero disturbare il boia. To expect them to remain silent now is like asking the victim not to cry out so that his cries do not disturb the executioner.
• carnefice
  Non si deve considerare il carnefice come una vittima o viceversa. An executioner should not be seen as a victim or vice-versa.
  Dire una cosa simile significa mettere la vittima e il carnefice sullo stesso piano nelle trattative. To say that is to make victim and executioner equal partners in dialogue.
• giustiziere

Definition of executioner

• An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal
• A hit man, especially being in some organization

Related words

• executioner's axe
• executioner’s axe
• executioner's sword
• executioner's block
• judge, jury and executioner