1
: a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn
2
: something that snares like a noose
noosed; noosing
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Noun
the representative was forced to resign after getting caught in a noose of lies and corruption
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Julia Buckley, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
One of the posters outside Holloway’s building contained an image of a noose, according to NBC New York.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2024
Smollett told police someone put a noose around his neck and yelled racist and homophobic slurs.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024
Over time, the noose may tighten, forcing Russia to offer greater discounts for the purchase of its oil.
—Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
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Noun
But new research suggests that one English woman convicted of witchcraft and condemned to be hanged may have escaped the noose.
—Julia Buckley, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
One of the posters outside Holloway’s building contained an image of a noose, according to NBC New York.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2024
Smollett told police someone put a noose around his neck and yelled racist and homophobic slurs.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024
Over time, the noose may tighten, forcing Russia to offer greater discounts for the purchase of its oil.
—Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
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“Noose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noose. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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