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hanging offence

noun

Definitions

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

    • Word reached the ear of the prosecuting attorney of the only testimony that could establish a motive and make the crime a hanging offence.
    • Since when is it a hanging offense to criticize someone who's not doing the job he's paid generously to do?

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