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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.
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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.
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Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Muslims are now being lynched on the suspicion of eating beef.
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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.
Kids Definition
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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