'Lynch law' definitions:
Definition of 'lynch law'
From: WordNet
noun
The practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law
Definition of 'Lynch law'
From: GCIDE
- Lynch law \Lynch" law`\n. The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin of the term is very doubtful. [1913 Webster] Lynde
Synonyms of 'lynch law'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anarchism,
- anarcho-syndicalism,
- anarchy,
- antinomianism,
- chaos,
- confusion,
- criminal syndicalism,
- disorder,
- disorderliness,
- disorganization,
- disruption,
- misrule,
- mob law,
- mob rule,
- mobocracy,
- nihilism,
- ochlocracy,
- primal chaos,
- rebellion,
- revolution,
- syndicalism,
- tohubohu,
- turmoil,
- unruliness