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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America now prides itself on a relatively low level of political violence—but this was simply not the case when men and women were lynched for registering to vote.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
Money gets Delta Slim’s good friend lynched and forces Grace and Bo Chow (Li Jun Li and Yao) to operate two segregated grocery stores on opposite sides of the same street.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Following her death, one of the men was lynched, and the other two were publicly executed after a swift conviction.
—La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Entire Black communities were burned down as lynching became rampant, a form of oppression and intimidation that persisted for almost a century.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
Money gets Delta Slim’s good friend lynched and forces Grace and Bo Chow (Li Jun Li and Yao) to operate two segregated grocery stores on opposite sides of the same street.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Following her death, one of the men was lynched, and the other two were publicly executed after a swift conviction.
—La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Entire Black communities were burned down as lynching became rampant, a form of oppression and intimidation that persisted for almost a century.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
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 13 May. 2026.
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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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