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 building is named after Fred Rouse, the only Black man documented as being lynched in Fort Worth.
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Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
In 2022, President Joe Biden signed a bill named for Till that made lynching a federal hate crime.
—Graham Lee Brewer, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Donnell compared the state's policy of executing convicts for their crimes to the Ku Klux Klan's tactic of lynching Black people.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2025
On July 13, 1885, 15-year-old Howard Cooper was lynched by a white mob outside the old jail on Bosley and Baltimore Avenue.
—Haydee M. Rodriguez, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2025
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Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
In 2022, President Joe Biden signed a bill named for Till that made lynching a federal hate crime.
—Graham Lee Brewer, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Donnell compared the state's policy of executing convicts for their crimes to the Ku Klux Klan's tactic of lynching Black people.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2025
On July 13, 1885, 15-year-old Howard Cooper was lynched by a white mob outside the old jail on Bosley and Baltimore Avenue.
—Haydee M. Rodriguez, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2025
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“Lynch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lynch. Accessed 9 Sep. 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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