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Meaning of "hanging judge" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HANGING JUDGE

hanging judge  [ˈhæŋɪŋ dʒʌdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HANGING JUDGE

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hanging judge is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HANGING JUDGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hanging judge

"Hanging judge" is an unofficial term for a judge who has gained notoriety for handing down punishment by sentencing convicted criminals to death by hanging. More broadly, the term is applied to judges who have gained a reputation for imposing unusually harsh sentences, even in jurisdictions where the death penalty has been abolished. The term "hanging judge" is generally applied to officers of the court with mandates, as opposed to extralegal lynch law.

Definition of hanging judge in the English dictionary

The definition of hanging judge in the dictionary is a judge who was renowned for sentencing criminals to death by hanging. Other definition of hanging judge is a judge renowned for issuing harsh sentences.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HANGING JUDGE


adjudge
əˈdʒʌdʒ
begrudge
bɪˈɡrʌdʒ
bouge
bʌdʒ
budge
bʌdʒ
drudge
drʌdʒ
forejudge
fɔːˈdʒʌdʒ
forjudge
fɔːˈdʒʌdʒ
fudge
fʌdʒ
grudge
ɡrʌdʒ
judge
dʒʌdʒ
kludge
klʌdʒ
misjudge
ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ
mudge
mʌdʒ
nudge
nʌdʒ
prejudge
priːˈdʒʌdʒ
pudge
pʌdʒ
rejudge
riːˈdʒʌdʒ
sludge
slʌdʒ
smudge
smʌdʒ
trudge
trʌdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HANGING JUDGE

hanger-on
hangers-on
hangfire
hangi
hanging
hanging basket
hanging committee
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
hanging glacier
hanging indentation
hanging offence
hanging pawn
hanging plant
hanging valley
hanging wall
hanging wardrobe
hangman
hangmen
hangnail
hangover

WORDS THAT END LIKE HANGING JUDGE

activated sludge
assistant judge
besmudge
circuit judge
district court judge
elections judge
foot fault judge
High Court judge
inky smudge
line judge
side judge
sitting judge
snudge
touch judge
trial judge

Synonyms and antonyms of hanging judge in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hanging judge» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HANGING JUDGE

Find out the translation of hanging judge to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hanging judge from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hanging judge» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

挂法官
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

juez de la horca
570 millions of speakers

English

hanging judge
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फांसी जज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شنقا القاضي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

висит судья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

juiz de suspensão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝুলন্ত বিচারক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

juge suspendu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hakim gantung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Scharfrichter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ぶら下げ裁判官
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

매달려 판사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hanging judge
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

treo thẩm phán
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீதிபதியை தூக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फाशीची शिक्षा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Asılı hakim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

appeso giudice
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sędzia wiszące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

висить суддя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

judecător agățat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρέμονται δικαστής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hang regter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hängande domare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hengende dommer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hanging judge

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HANGING JUDGE»

The term «hanging judge» is normally little used and occupies the 132.508 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HANGING JUDGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hanging judge» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hanging judge» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hanging judge

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HANGING JUDGE»

Discover the use of hanging judge in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hanging judge and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Hanging Judge: A Novel
Based on the experience of the author, a federal judge who in 2000 presided over the first capital case in Massachusetts in more than fifty years, this extraordinary debut thriller offers an unprecedented inside view of a federal death ...
Michael Ponsor, 2013
2
Hanging Judge
Elmer Kelton, voted "The Greatest Western Writer of All Time" by the Western Writers of America, is a legend in the field of Western literature.
Elmer Kelton, 2007
3
Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979-1989
Stanley Crouch identifies the civil rights movement of the last four decades as the defining feature of contemporary American society.
Stanley Crouch, 1991
4
"Let No Guilty Man Escape": A Judicial Biography of "Hanging ...
""Let No Guilty Man Escape," the first new Parker biography in four decades, corrects this simplistic image by presenting Parker's unique brand of frontier justice within the legal and political context of his time.
Roger Harold Tuller, 2001
5
Hanging Judge
This new edition includes a foreword by Larry D. Ball, who situates Parker's court within the context of unrest and rising crime in Indian Territory.
Fred Harvey Harrington, 1951
6
The Lawman: Hanging Judge
As Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Slade watches the day's condemned men march to the ropes, a shootout takes the life of the hanging judge.
Lyle Brandt, 2009
7
Johnny Blue and the Hanging Judge
Johnny Blue and his faithful sidekick are up to their ears in trouble when the vicious Tube Wilson accuses them of all kinds of crimes and they find themselves on trial for their lives in the most infamous court in the West, in the sequel ...
Joseph A. West, 2001
8
Stringer and the Hanging Judge
They say Judge Roy Bean's been up to some legal tomfoolery again.
Lou Cameron, 1998
9
Hanging Judge
James Axler. plus one empty chair waiting for the fat rich bastard when the speechifying ended and the hanging began. The four were the ville's leading citizens, main backers of the man who was the baron of Second Chance in everything but ...
James Axler, 2014
10
The Doomsday Marshal and the Hanging Judge
U.S. Marshal John Rye is assigned to escort Asa Metzgar, known as the hanging judge, from Arizona to Nebraska
Ray Hogan, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HANGING JUDGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hanging judge is used in the context of the following news items.
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New pastors join Myrtle Point Christian Assembly : Coquille Valley …
For his tough disposition, Judge Norblad, who died last year, was known as the "hanging judge," similar to one from the Old West. There was a ... «Coos Bay World, Jul 15»
2
The only SS judge who brought Nazis to trial
... to the SS court in Krakow, where he began to acquire a reputation as a dogged pursuer of venal officials and a hard-nosed "hanging judge". «Jewish Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
The U.S., Israel and "Anti-Semitic" Iran.(Part 3): Anti-Semitism versus …
... Sadegh Khalkhali, a judge of the revolutionary court with the nickname "the hanging judge." The court's order for Elghanian's execution read,. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Iranian artist Atena Farghadani faces indecency charges after …
The judge who handed down the harsh prison sentence, Abolghassem Salavati, is known as 'Iran's hanging judge' or 'the judge of death' in his ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Moral Injury Shows the Limits of Forgiveness
In “Psychological Operations,” Waguih, the hero, goes out of his way to unburden himself to a potential hanging judge – a recent convert to ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
6
New Worlds miniseries mix of Colonial-era fact, fiction
... historical figures like the king, the Duke of Monmouth (Tom Payne), William Goffe (James Cosmo) and "Hanging Judge" Jeffreys (Pip Carter). «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
7
Acclaimed director keeping lens focused on Kurdish struggle in next …
The executions were ordered by the late Sadegh Khalkhali, a hard-line cleric who earned the moniker “hanging judge,” for mowing down lives ... «Rudaw, Jul 15»
8
Motel roulette
So for the next few months, plan on reading about Dolly Parton, my strange Mother's Day, Hanging Judge Parker, and staying in a haunted ... «Napa Valley Register, Jun 15»
9
Greater Boston author readings June 28-30
Joseph Finder (“The Fixer”), Michael Ponsor (“The Hanging Judge”), and Steve Ulfelder (“Wolverine Bros. Freight and Storage”) read at 7 p.m. ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
10
Eoin McNamee: “There's always a moment when something clicks …
... suspicious behaviour of Lance Curran on the night of the murder, so when he discovered that Curran was the hanging judge in a similar case ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»

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