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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When a mob lynched a Muslim man in India in 2015, a year after Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi became the prime minister, the attack made national headlines.
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Rana Ayyub, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
The economic difference between these regions and counties without a lynching history is as large as that between New Orleans and San Francisco; the median income in the latter is more than 170 percent higher.
—Sotiris Kampanelis, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
For a time, residents of the Eastern Shore were bitter against the governor for his interference and threatened to lynch the four.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Muslims are now being lynched on the suspicion of eating beef.
—Ananya Vajpeyi, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2015
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Rana Ayyub, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
The economic difference between these regions and counties without a lynching history is as large as that between New Orleans and San Francisco; the median income in the latter is more than 170 percent higher.
—Sotiris Kampanelis, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
For a time, residents of the Eastern Shore were bitter against the governor for his interference and threatened to lynch the four.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Muslims are now being lynched on the suspicion of eating beef.
—Ananya Vajpeyi, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2015
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“Lynch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lynch. Accessed 19 Aug. 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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