Like the man on the twelfth trump in a tarot deck

• Executed by noose
• The _____ Man (tarot card)
• Like Captain Kidd
• How Tom Dooley ended up
• The __ Man: Major Arcana card
• Like many a Western bandit

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.

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

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Redirect Hanging