lynchable

English

Etymology

lynch +‎ -able

Adjective

lynchable (not comparable)

1. Punishable by lynching.

   a lynchable offence

   • 2002, Maria E. Montoya, Translating Property:

     Why the group lynched Vega remains unclear, but the fact that a Catholic Mexican had murdered a Protestant Anglo minister, no matter what the political motivations, placed Vega outside the bounds of civilized society and made him lynchable and punishable by mob rule.