English dictionary
lynch
/l/I/n/tS/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
verb
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kill without legal sanction
ExamplesThe blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See <u>Lynch law</u>.
Source: webster1913