string up

verb4

1. •
   To suspend by means of rope, cord or similar material.

   • He has scars on his ankles, feet and hands from where they strung him up with ropes and beat him. — 2007
2. •
   To kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch.

   • I'd string up the whole lot if I had my way, Silver. Poachers and blackguards every one of them. — 1911
3. •
   To concatenate; to link in a line.
4. •
   (no longer used) To die by hanging.

   • "And now, my friend," said the Captain, "let us understand each other. You have confessed yourself a spy, and should string up to the next tree." — 1818