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 Black folks were coming home from World War I and II, many were lynched in uniform.
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Jonquilyn Hill, Vox, 6 July 2025
Talk soon turned to lynching not just Berner and Palmer, but also the 12 men on the jury.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Nearly 95 years after 18-year-old Dennis Hubert was lynched in Atlanta, Morehouse College has posthumously awarded him a bachelor’s degree.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 May 2025
Free Emmett Till was a boy of fourteen when he was lynched in Mississippi.
—JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
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Jonquilyn Hill, Vox, 6 July 2025
Talk soon turned to lynching not just Berner and Palmer, but also the 12 men on the jury.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Nearly 95 years after 18-year-old Dennis Hubert was lynched in Atlanta, Morehouse College has posthumously awarded him a bachelor’s degree.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 May 2025
Free Emmett Till was a boy of fourteen when he was lynched in Mississippi.
—JSTOR Daily, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Lynch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lynch. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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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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