death warrant

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˈdeath warrant [death warrant death warrants] BrE NAmE noun
an official document stating that sb should receive the punishment of being killed for a crime that they have committed
•The President signed the death warrant.
•If you pay the ransom, you may be signing your son's death warrant.
• (figurative)By withdrawing the funding, the government signed the project's death warrant.