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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In 1930, he was falsely accused of murder and was lynched by a White man in Marion, Indiana.
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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
The building is named after Fred Rouse, the only Black man documented as being lynched in Fort Worth.
—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
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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
The building is named after Fred Rouse, the only Black man documented as being lynched in Fort Worth.
—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
See All Example Sentences for lynch
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“Lynch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lynch. Accessed 29 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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