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
Often have I felt that I would rather grow cabbage, like Cincinnatus, than be the public executioner of usurpations, monopolies, and other abuses.
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
The Bolshevists in Petrograd are finding a difficulty in the appointment of a public executioner.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 by Various
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
In Denmark his book was burned by the public executioner.
From Books Fatal to Their Authors by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
