lynch

verb

ˈlinch 

lynched; lynching; lynches

transitive verb

: 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

Examples of lynch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, when your organization was founded less than 45 years after slavery was abolished, when Black women were still being forced to be wet nurses to the very children of those who oppressed them and lynching was a common occurrence below the Mason-Dixon Line? —Essence, 3 Oct. 2025

Having just managed to save us from getting lynched, the terrorists slam the doors behind us. —Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025

In 1930, he was falsely accused of murder and was lynched by a White man in Marion, Indiana. —Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025

Gory images of a Uyghur lynched at a toy factory spread online, angry Uyghurs took to the streets, and hundreds were killed. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

after lynch law

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing lynch

• lynch law
• lynch mob

Rhymes for lynch

• cinch
• finch
• flinch
• inch
• pinch
• synch
• winch
• bullfinch
• goldfinch

Kids Definition

lynch

verb

ˈlinch 

: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal authority

lyncher noun

Legal Definition

lynch

transitive verb

ˈlinch 

: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction

lyncher noun