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.