Like the man on the twelfth trump in a tarot deck

• Executed by noose
• Like many a Western bandit
• How Tom Dooley ended up
• Like the man on one of the tarot cards
• The __ Man: Major Arcana card
• Sent to the gallows

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context archaic and legal English) (en-past of: hang )

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"put to death by hanging," late 15c., past participle of hang (v.). As an expletive, from 1887.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hang \Hang\ (h[a^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hanged (h[a^]ngd) or Hung (h[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Hanging . Usage: The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common.] [OE. ...