public executioner

Example Sentences

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And, he reminds the budding journalists, "you are not the judge, jury and public executioner."

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2016

Early in life, while in Italy, he wrote a grave essay on Money, which contrasted with another of rare humor suggested by the death of the public executioner.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 by Various

Is there any sentiment of equity that would prompt us to suppress the fact, that he died by the public executioner of Athens?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various

In Denmark his book was burned by the public executioner.

From Books Fatal to Their Authors by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

Now, in the chief city of this country there was a very wise man, well versed in the law and in concocting drugs, for he was the public executioner and the chemist of the place.

From Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes Spanish and Portuguese Folklore by Various