hangmen

noun

plural of hangman
as in executioners

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  1. executioners
  2. murderers
  3. executors
Noun
  • The kingdom remains one of the world’s top executioners behind China and Iran.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Definition of executioners
Noun
  • The statement came after Roth detailed a sequence in the film to Polygon that features a cartoon that seemingly hypnotizes children, turning them into murderers.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Not only did the scale of the broader violence across the South indicate a campaign to mass-murder an ethnic subgroup for political purposes, but Tillman, perhaps the most infamous of the Hamburg murderers, never denied the attack’s goals.
    — Jacob Ware, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
Definition of murderers
Noun
  • Mitchell Zuckerman, a cofounder of Art Market Advisors and a former Sotheby’s executive, told me that executors and beneficiaries frequently choose guarantees.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • That’s why disputes over executors and other estate fiduciaries are among the most common issues raised in probate litigation.
    — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 29 July 2026
Definition of executors
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