stringsomeoneup
phrasal verbwithstringverb[T]uk/strɪŋ/us/strɪŋ/strung|strung
informaltokillsomeone byhangingthem by theneckfrom arope, usually as apunishmentfor acrime:
He's one of thoseold-fashionedtypeswhothinkscriminalsought to bestrungup.
topunishsomeoneseverely:
He ought to bestrungup for what he said about hismother.
Death penalties
- behead
- boots on the groundidiom
- burn
- capital punishment
- chair
- condemn
- condemnsomeoneto (do)something
- crucify
- death sentence
- death warrant
- decapitate
- decapitation
- firing squad
- gas chamber
- gibbet
- guillotine
- hang
- hanging
- stake
- the electric chair
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