executioner

I decided from the start that I would only be the prosecutor, essentially, I would try my best to never be judge, jury and executioner, because I already had too much power in my hands.
I Was There When: Facebook put profits over safety|Anthony Green|November 9, 2021|MIT Technology Review
When the executioners administered a sedative, midazolam, to John Grant, 60, as he was strapped to a gurney, he began seizing and vomiting, according to the Associated Press, which sent a reporter to witness the execution.
Inmate Convulses and Vomits in First Oklahoma Execution in Six Years|Blake Montgomery|October 29, 2021|The Daily Beast
The executioner Raikoh’s movements would be swift and sudden, yet his hair and armor would trail in ways that gave off a sense of flow.
Video game franchises we want raised from the dead|Washington Post Staff|October 28, 2021|Washington Post
Virginia, on the other hand, was a prolific executioner for decades.
Why It's So Significant That Virginia Looks Set To Abolish the Death Penalty|Madeleine Carlisle|February 9, 2021|Time

Your social media audience serves as the judge, jury, and executioner.
Need to step up your social media marketing? Follow this recipe|Mike Monroe|December 30, 2020|Search Engine Watch
I Am An Executioner offers a fiercely creative—and deeply morbid—vision of what it takes to stay alive.
Must Read Fiction: ‘Prague Fatale,’ ‘Derby Day’ and More|Malcolm Forbes, Hillary Kelly, Mythili Rao|May 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
"Princes are but princes, though I grant you the Executioner's Son is a good one," answered the priest.
Joan of the Sword Hand|S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
He told the Executioner, he was a strong man, and Prayed to be put out of misery as soon as possible.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period|Various
Charity begins at home, is the voice of the World; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and as it were, his own Executioner.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3)|Thomas Browne
Executioner, constables, and sergeants, all thought their last hour was come.
La Sorcire: The Witch of the Middle Ages|Jules Michelet
There is a stranger of an Executioner chanced to be passing the road, just as I sent out, and he looking for work.
Three Wonder Plays|Lady I. A. Gregory

British Dictionary definitions for executioner

executioner

/ (ˌɛksɪˈkjuːʃənə) /

noun

an official charged with carrying out the death sentence passed upon a condemned person

an assassin, esp one appointed by a political or criminal organization

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