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Talking about hanging a criminal: “Before the electric chair came in, a murderer would be ________.”

HUNG628
HANGED330
STRUNG UP58
LYNCHED10
NR6
STRETCHED5
HANG2
STRETCH HEMP2
EXECUTED1
GET HIS NECK CRACKED1
GET HIS NECK STRETCHED1
GET THE ROPE1
HANG UP1
HANGING1
HUNG BY THE GALL1
HUNG BY THE NECK TILL DEAD1
HUNG BY THE ROPE1
HUNG HIM UP1
NECKTIE PARTY1
NECKTIED1
NECKTIE-PARTIED1
NH1
SENT TO THE GALLOWS1
STRETCHED UP1
STRUNG1
STRUNG UP BY THE NECK1
SWUNG UP1
THEY TOOK HIM TO THE GALLOWS1
WENT TO THE GALLOWS1
WOULD STRETCH A ROPE1

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