'Lynching' definitions:
noun
Putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
- Lynch \Lynch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lynched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lynching.] [See Note under Lynch law.]
To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the
forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected
person. See Lynch law.
[1913 Webster]
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