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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He was eventually lynched by a bloodthirsty mob after his death sentence had been commuted by a governor who sensed a miscarriage of justice.
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
And, as Henry E. Barber recounted in a 1973 paper, in the 1930s, a group of white women joined them in defending lynching victims.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 16 Apr. 2025
In Karnataka, another Muslim man was lynched for chanting pro-Pakistan slogans, according to local news reports.
—Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
In The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Emmett), from 2008, Johnson references an Associated Press photograph of Emmett Till, who was famously lynched in 1955.
—Yinka Elujoba, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
And, as Henry E. Barber recounted in a 1973 paper, in the 1930s, a group of white women joined them in defending lynching victims.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 16 Apr. 2025
In Karnataka, another Muslim man was lynched for chanting pro-Pakistan slogans, according to local news reports.
—Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
In The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Emmett), from 2008, Johnson references an Associated Press photograph of Emmett Till, who was famously lynched in 1955.
—Yinka Elujoba, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Lynch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lynch. Accessed 28 May. 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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