lynched; lynching; lynches
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal approval or permission
The accused killer was lynched by an angry mob.
lyncher
noun
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Further examination of the materials published as part of those attacks reveals language that hearkens back to the same excuses used for lynching in the Deep South.
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TIME, 14 May 2024
Rectangular steel markers, their shape like a coffin hanging from a limb, serve as monuments to 4,400 Black Americans lynched between 1877 and 1950.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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TIME, 14 May 2024
Rectangular steel markers, their shape like a coffin hanging from a limb, serve as monuments to 4,400 Black Americans lynched between 1877 and 1950.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Lynch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lynch. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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lynch
verb
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal authority
lyncher
noun
Legal Definition
lynch
transitive verb
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction
lyncher
noun
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