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Synonyms for gibbet

to execute by suspending by the neck

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Synonyms for gibbet

alternative terms for gallows

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hang on an execution instrument

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expose to ridicule or public scorn

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Jarrow councillor Jim Perry said: "He was the last man in this country to be gibbeted and it was never proven beyond reasonable doubt that he did it.
Memorial to last victim of the gibbet
Miner William Jobling, 30, was the last man to be hanged and gibbeted in England after he was convicted of killing 71-year-old South Shields magistrate Nicholas Fairles in 1832.
Hanged pitman to get memorial
PLANS will be taken forward today for a memorial on Tyneside to the last man to be hanged and gibbeted in England.
Memorial planned to tragic pitman; Last man to suffer fate of the gibbet
Members of the Jarrow Community Area Forum are set to discuss plans for a memorial to William Jobling, who became the last man to be gibbeted in England after being convicted of killing 71-year-old local magistrate Nicholas Fairles.
Memorial to gibbet man?
Winter's body was gibbeted in chains at Steng Cross.
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