execute as ...
Frequency: 4.00.7 per million words
to execute someone in the role of something, e.g., a traitor
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Examples (10)
- He was executed as a martyr to his Catholic faith.
- The rebel leader was executed as a traitor to the crown.
- She was wrongly executed as a spy during wartime.
- The conspirator was executed as an enemy of the state.
- He was executed as a heretic by the religious authorities.
- The general was executed as a war criminal after the trial.
- Joan of Arc was executed as a witch by her enemies.
- The revolutionaries were executed as enemies of the regime.
- He was executed as a deserter from the army.
- The prisoner was executed as a threat to national security.