Noun: hanging offence
| Singular | hanging offence |
| Plural | hanging offences |
Sample Sentences
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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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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:]
Nouns inflected like hanging offence
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology