Cheat the hangman

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo die, especially by suicide, while under sentence of death, or while guilty of a capital crime; also, to kill someone else who is in such a state.

2.VerbTo escape punishment for one's crimes; to get away with something.

Synonyms

send to the scaffold unhang suicide put to death sign one's death warrant arrange someone's funeral terminate cheat do to death becheat take someone's life meet one's end

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