hanging vs the death penalty

hanging

adj
  • Unprotected and exposed to capture. 

  • Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit. 

  • Suspended. 

  • Ugly; very unattractive; disgusting. 

noun
  • Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters). 

  • The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged. 

  • The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide). 

the death penalty

How often have the words hanging and the death penalty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )