hanging offence

noun

A crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging.

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Meanings

nounhanging offence (plural hanging offences)

plural hanging offences · alternative hanging offense

  1. idiomaticA crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging.

    Since when is it a hanging offense to criticize someone who's not doing the job he's paid generously to do?

    1999 June 18, Rod Beaton, “Astros winning despite obstacles”, in USA Today
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    Word reached the ear of the prosecuting attorney of the only testimony that could establish a motive and make the crime a hanging offence.

    1908, John Fox Jr., chapter 26, in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
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APA

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