necktie party
Vigilante rope justice
A necktie party is a lynching or hanging, from the grim image of a noose as a necktie.
The term dates to the American frontier, where vigilante justice was common: The rustlers knew a necktie party awaited them if they were caught.
The euphemism lends dark humor to extrajudicial killing.
Edge of settlement
- outlawsFugitives from justice
- posseArmed group pursuing fugitives
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- cowboysRanch hands tending herds
saloon · wanted poster · horse thief · cattle rustler · bandit · gunslinger · desperado · lawman
Loop that constricts
- hangingExecution by noose
- ropeThick twisted fibers
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- lynch lawExtrajudicial execution by mob
hanging tree · extrajudicial · vigilante · posse · frontier justice · Old West · lawlessness · murder
frontier
Edge of settlement
cowboys · saloon · wanted poster · horse thief · cattle rustler · bandit · gunslinger · desperado · lawman · marshal
noose
Loop that constricts
lynch law · hanging tree · extrajudicial · vigilante · posse · frontier justice · Old West · lawlessness · murder · victim
necktie partylegal execution
Lawful killing by state
due process · fair trial · capital punishment · rule of law · trial by jury
necktie partyacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
exoneration · pardon · release · liberation · freedom
necktie partycelebration
Festive event marking occasion
festivity · garden party · dinner party · social gathering · jubilee
neck, tie, necks, necked, necking, neckline, necklace, bottleneck, ties