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alt. (context idiomatic English) A crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging. n. (context idiomatic English) A crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging.
Usage examples of "hanging offence".
Four years away, and now a husband and father, and he had committed a hanging offence in his first moments in Eldacre.
I've never seen prostitution so blatant as in China, and this although it's a hanging offence.
For a highlander to be in possession of projectile weapons such as these was a hanging offence.
A few Mockers too stupid to keep out of sight were already down in the Market Square Gaol - the Sheriffs Constables ran that lock-up - but they stood a fair chance of avoiding the gallows, for none had been collared for a hanging offence, unless del Garza changed the laws again.
A few Mockers too stupid to keep out of sight were already down in the Market Square Gaolthe Sheriffs Constables ran that lock-upbut they stood a fair chance of avoiding the gallows, for none had been collared for a hanging offence, unless del Garza changed the laws again.
His possession of a firearm was, by itself, a hanging offence for one of his folk.
But it was not that which made me doubtful about my first impression: after all, sodomy is a hanging offence with us and a matter of burning alive with some others, whereas it is a joke in this country, as it was in ancient Greece.
You said that exaggerated lisping is a hanging offence and I only do it to get attention.
The Salesman had broken his father's heart, and that was a hanging offence.