プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
けい【刑】
a penalty；〔宣告された刑〕a sentence；〔罰〕(a) punishment
重い［軽い］刑
(a) heavy [light] punishment
彼は重い刑に処せられた
He was given a severe punishment.
刑を執行［猶予］する
「carry out [suspend] a sentence
彼は窃盗の罪で２年の刑に服している
He is serving a two-year sentence for theft.
10年から７年の刑に減じられた
His sentence was reduced from ten years to seven.
裁判官は被告に禁固６か月の刑を宣告した
The judge sentenced the accused to six months in prison.／The judge passed [pronounced] a sentence of six months' imprisonment on the accused.
執行猶予付き懲役３年の刑
a suspended three-year sentence