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hanging offences

hanging offences is the plural of hanging offence.

Meaning of hanging offence

Noun

hanging offence (plural hanging offences)

  1. (idiomatic) 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.1908, John Fox Jr., chapter 26, in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Questions about hanging offences

What is hanging offences the plural of?
Hanging offences is the plural of hanging offence.

Words near hanging offences in the dictionary

  1. hanging loops
  2. hanging loose
  3. hanging low
  4. hanging off
  5. hanging offence
  6. hanging offences
  7. hanging offense
  8. hanging offenses
  9. hanging on
  10. hanging on by a thread
  11. hanging on every word

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