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1) General subject: Jack Ketch, butcher, executioner, executioner (тж. перен.), hanger, hangman, hangsman, headsman, jabber Ketch, slaughterer, slaughterman, torturer, whipping Tom, (исполняющий казнь на электрическом стуле) electrocutioner3) Jocular: yeoman of the cord4) History: carnifex5) Rare: extorter6) Law: deathman, legal killer7) Jargon: tanky, topping cove, topping fellow, topsman
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