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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The National Park Service has given landmark status to the Chicago church where the casket holding the body of teenager Emmett Till, lynched in Mississippi, was opened for the world to see.
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Erik Wallenberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
The charges for which they were lynched cover a wide range.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Following reconstruction, Jim Crow laws went into effect, sparking a movement in which peaceful Black protesters were brutally beaten by law enforcement, attacked by police dogs, assaulted with high-pressure fire hoses, and even lynched.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
In an omen of the horrors to come, just one year later, a white mob in Los Angeles lynched 17 Chinese men and boys in a raid on Chinatown.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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Erik Wallenberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
The charges for which they were lynched cover a wide range.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Following reconstruction, Jim Crow laws went into effect, sparking a movement in which peaceful Black protesters were brutally beaten by law enforcement, attacked by police dogs, assaulted with high-pressure fire hoses, and even lynched.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
In an omen of the horrors to come, just one year later, a white mob in Los Angeles lynched 17 Chinese men and boys in a raid on Chinatown.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Lynch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lynch. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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lynch
verb
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal authority
lyncher
noun
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lynch
transitive verb
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction
lyncher
noun
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