In the following passage, some words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the given alternatives.

The people were fed up of their _______ (strict) king. He had committed _______ (horrifying) murders, had _______ (robbed) the treasury, and had pillaged and plundered all the households. He had _______ (trapped) people into believing he was the one true king. All of this led to the people finally forming a coup and _______ (beheading) him once and for all.