lynch mob

noun

: a crowd of people who kill or try to kill (someone) illegally as a punishment

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For those who don't know, Robert England plays Freddy Krueger, a hideously scarred child killer who was murdered by a lynch mob. Simon Thompson, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 On March 9, 1892, a white lynch mob instigated by Barrett killed Moss and two of his colleagues, accusing them of plotting a war against white citizens. Faron Levesque, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024 Rumors of a rape then circulated, Rowland was arrested, and White Tulsans formed a lynch mob. Omar Jimenez, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024 While hiding out from the angry lynch mob, Peggy and Fortune wait in terror, hoping to escape. EW.com, 26 Nov. 2023 And others were stalked by death, by men in white robes, the [Ku Klux] Klan and the lynch mob. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2023 Legal justice is hardly assured in Libya these days, although the other, rougher kind sometimes is: Al-Islam’s lawyers have warned that their client faces the death penalty or a lynch mob, with no due process either way. Timothy William Waters, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2013 With the shoeshine under arrest, a Black militia gathered at a local jail to prevent a lynch mob from kidnapping and murdering him. Aaron Morrison, USA TODAY, 4 July 2023 But, Tyre’s lynch mob was dressed in department sweatshirts and vests, sanctioned by the entities that supplied them. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2023

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“Lynch mob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lynch%20mob. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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