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hanging offense

hanging offense is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of hanging offense

pluralhanging offenses

Questions about hanging offense

What is hanging offense the alternative spelling of?
Hanging offense is the alternative spelling of hanging offence.

Words near hanging offense in the dictionary

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

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