gibbets

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Examples

One to destroy, is murder by the law; and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; to murder thousands, takes a specious name, 'War's glorious art', and gives immortal fame. Edward Young

Better build schoolrooms for "the boy" Than cells and gibbets for "the man." Eliza Cook

There are more thieves than gibbets. Italian Proverb